Amplitude (NASDAQ:AMPL – Get Free Report) and AvePoint (NASDAQ:AVPT – Get Free Report) are both business services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, risk, institutional ownership and earnings.
Risk & Volatility
Amplitude has a beta of 1.31, indicating that its stock price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AvePoint has a beta of 0.88, indicating that its stock price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of current recommendations and price targets for Amplitude and AvePoint, as provided by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Amplitude | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.86 |
| AvePoint | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2.60 |
Insider and Institutional Ownership
73.2% of Amplitude shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 44.5% of AvePoint shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.8% of Amplitude shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 27.8% of AvePoint shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Profitability
This table compares Amplitude and AvePoint’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Amplitude | -27.44% | -27.40% | -18.05% |
| AvePoint | -2.36% | -3.16% | -1.55% |
Earnings & Valuation
This table compares Amplitude and AvePoint”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Amplitude | $276.28 million | 3.70 | -$90.36 million | ($0.67) | -16.13 |
| AvePoint | $271.83 million | 12.64 | -$21.50 million | ($0.05) | -367.93 |
AvePoint has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Amplitude. AvePoint is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Amplitude, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
AvePoint beats Amplitude on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Amplitude
Amplitude, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides a digital analytics platform that analyzes customer behavior in the United States and internationally. It offers Amplitude Analytics, which provides real-time product data and reconstructed user visits; Amplitude Experiment, a solution that allows teams to test new capabilities and safely roll out new features; Amplitude CDP, an insight-driven solution that encompasses the data infrastructure, audience management, and data streaming capabilities; and Amplitude Session Replay used by product, marketing, and data teams to understand user behavior, diagnose product issues, and improve product outcomes. The company also provides customer support services related to initial implementation setup, ongoing support, and application training. It delivers its application over the Internet as a subscription service using a software-as-a-service model. The company was formerly known as Sonalight, Inc. and changed its name to Amplitude, Inc. in December 2014. Amplitude, Inc. was incorporated in 2011 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.
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.
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