Currenc Group (NASDAQ:CURR) and Launch One Acquisition (NASDAQ:LPAA) Head to Head Review

Launch One Acquisition (NASDAQ:LPAA) and Currenc Group (NASDAQ:CURR) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, profitability and dividends.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

56.0% of Currenc Group shares are held by institutional investors. 43.3% of Currenc Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations for Launch One Acquisition and Currenc Group, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Launch One Acquisition	1	0	0	0	1.00
Currenc Group	1	1	0	1	2.33

Currenc Group has a consensus price target of $3.50, suggesting a potential upside of 108.33%. Given Currenc Group’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Currenc Group is more favorable than Launch One Acquisition.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Launch One Acquisition and Currenc Group”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Launch One Acquisition	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Currenc Group	$46.44 million	2.75	-$39.47 million	($0.88)	-1.91

Launch One Acquisition has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Currenc Group.

Risk & Volatility

Launch One Acquisition has a beta of 0.01, meaning that its stock price is 99% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Currenc Group has a beta of 0.09, meaning that its stock price is 91% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Launch One Acquisition and Currenc Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Launch One Acquisition	N/A	N/A	N/A
Currenc Group	-84.72%	N/A	-34.02%

Summary

Currenc Group beats Launch One Acquisition on 7 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Launch One Acquisition

Launch One Acquisition Corp. is a blank check company. It formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, amalgamation, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses. Launch One Acquisition Corp. is based in New York.

About Currenc Group

Currenc Group, Inc. engages in operating a fintech banking platform. It operates through the following segments: Remittance Services, Sales of Airtime, and Other Services. The company is headquartered in Singapore.