Contrasting WM Technology (NASDAQ:MAPS) and TSS (NASDAQ:TSSI)

TSS (NASDAQ:TSSI) and WM Technology (NASDAQ:MAPS) are both small-cap technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, risk and analyst recommendations.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for TSS and WM Technology, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
TSS	0	2	2	0	2.50
WM Technology	1	0	0	0	1.00

TSS currently has a consensus price target of $16.17, indicating a potential upside of 92.00%. Given TSS’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe TSS is more favorable than WM Technology.

Risk & Volatility

TSS has a beta of 2.01, suggesting that its stock price is 101% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, WM Technology has a beta of 0.87, suggesting that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

22.0% of WM Technology shares are held by institutional investors. 16.0% of TSS shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 19.7% of WM Technology shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares TSS and WM Technology”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
TSS	$245.72 million	0.97	$15.12 million	$0.48	17.54
WM Technology	$174.70 million	0.36	$1.96 million	$0.02	19.90

TSS has higher revenue and earnings than WM Technology. TSS is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than WM Technology, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Profitability

This table compares TSS and WM Technology’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
TSS	7.44%	19.22%	8.46%
WM Technology	1.12%	1.51%	1.04%

Summary

TSS beats WM Technology on 11 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About TSS

TSS, Inc. offers planning, design, engineering, construction management, commissioning and maintenance services. It provides these services primarily for specialized facilities such as data centers, communications rooms, call centers, laboratories, trading floors, network operations centers, medical facilities and similar environments. TSS Inc., formerly known as Fortress International Group, Inc., is based in Columbia, United States.

About WM Technology

WM Technology, Inc. provides ecommerce and compliance software solutions to retailers and brands in cannabis market in the United States and internationally. The company offers Weedmaps marketplace that allows cannabis users to search for and browse cannabis products from retailers and brands, and reserve products from local retailers; and education and learning information to help newer consumers learn about the types of products to purchase. It also provides monthly subscription-based business software solutions, including WM Listings, WM Orders, WM Store, WM Connectors, and WM Insights as well as other add-on products, such as WM Ads, WM AdSuite, WM Customer Relationship Management, WM Dispatch, and WM Screens. WM Technology, Inc. was founded in 2008 and is headquartered in Irvine, California.