MariaDB (NYSE:MRDB) vs. Leafly (NASDAQ:LFLY) Head-To-Head Analysis

Leafly (NASDAQ:LFLY) and MariaDB (NYSE:MRDB) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation and profitability.

Volatility and Risk

Leafly has a beta of 0.94, indicating that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MariaDB has a beta of 0.64, indicating that its stock price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

15.6% of Leafly shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 30.7% of MariaDB shares are held by institutional investors. 7.6% of Leafly shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 26.1% of MariaDB shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Leafly and MariaDB’s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Leafly	$42.25 million	0.13	-$9.50 million	($3.21)	-0.70
MariaDB	$54.03 million	0.72	-$51.86 million	($0.59)	-0.95

Leafly has higher earnings, but lower revenue than MariaDB. MariaDB is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Leafly, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for Leafly and MariaDB, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Leafly	0	0	1	0	3.00
MariaDB	0	0	0	0	N/A

Leafly currently has a consensus price target of $6.00, indicating a potential upside of 166.67%. Given Leafly’s higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Leafly is more favorable than MariaDB.

Profitability

This table compares Leafly and MariaDB’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Leafly	-16.20%	N/A	-28.74%
MariaDB	-73.29%	N/A	-121.43%

Summary

Leafly beats MariaDB on 6 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Leafly

Leafly Holdings, Inc. owns and operates a platform to provide consumers with cannabis information and connects consumers to cannabis brands and licensed retailers. The company offers subscription-based marketplace listings, digital advertising solutions, and software as a service-based tools to cannabis retailers; and information, reviews, menus, and ordering and delivery options to its audience through its website and mobile applications. Leafly Holdings, Inc. was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in Seattle, Washington.

About MariaDB

MariaDB plc operates as a cloud database company in North and South America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia Pacific. It offers database solutions, including MariaDB Enterprise Server, a premium version of community server; MariaDB Xpand, a distributed structured query language (SQL) database for transactional workloads; MariaDB ColumnStore for data warehousing; MariaDB MaxScale for availability and load balancing; and MariaDB SkySQL, a database-as-a-service for its products on public clouds. The company also provides consulting, training, remote database administration, and engineering architecture services. It serves financial services, government, technology, retail, telecommunications, and transportation industries. The company is headquartered in Redwood City, California.