Contrasting Maquia Capital Acquisition (NASDAQ:MAQC) and AvePoint (NASDAQ:AVPT)

Maquia Capital Acquisition (NASDAQ:MAQC) and AvePoint (NASDAQ:AVPT) are both business services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, risk and institutional ownership.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

12.4% of Maquia Capital Acquisition shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 44.5% of AvePoint shares are held by institutional investors. 79.6% of Maquia Capital Acquisition shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 27.8% of AvePoint shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Maquia Capital Acquisition and AvePoint’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Maquia Capital Acquisition	N/A	-10.66%	10.86%
AvePoint	-2.36%	-3.16%	-1.55%

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Maquia Capital Acquisition and AvePoint”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Maquia Capital Acquisition	N/A	N/A	-$960,000.00	N/A	N/A
AvePoint	$315.92 million	10.98	-$21.50 million	($0.05)	-371.40

Maquia Capital Acquisition has higher earnings, but lower revenue than AvePoint.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for Maquia Capital Acquisition and AvePoint, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Maquia Capital Acquisition	0	0	0	0	0.00
AvePoint	0	2	3	0	2.60

AvePoint has a consensus target price of $13.20, suggesting a potential downside of 28.92%. Given AvePoint’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe AvePoint is more favorable than Maquia Capital Acquisition.

Summary

AvePoint beats Maquia Capital Acquisition on 6 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Maquia Capital Acquisition

Maquia Capital Acquisition Corporation does not have significant operations. It focuses on effecting a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization, or similar business combination with one or more businesses or entities. The company intends to focus its search on technology-focused middle market and emerging growth companies in North America. Maquia Capital Acquisition Corporation was incorporated in 2020 and is based in Miami, Florida.

About AvePoint

AvePoint, Inc. provides cloud-native data management software platform in North America, Europe, Middle East, Africa, and Asia Pacific. It also offers software-as-a-service solutions and productivity applications. The company offers modularity and cloud services architecture to address critical challenges and the management of data to organizations that leverage third-party cloud vendors, including Microsoft, Salesforce, Google, AWS, Box, DropBox, and others; license and support; and maintenance services. AvePoint, Inc. was incorporated in 2001 and is headquartered in Jersey City, New Jersey.