Society Pass (NASDAQ:SOPA – Get Free Report) and Backblaze (NASDAQ:BLZE – Get Free Report) are both small-cap technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends and profitability.
Insider and Institutional Ownership
3.1% of Society Pass shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 54.0% of Backblaze shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.5% of Society Pass shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.2% of Backblaze shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of recent ratings and price targets for Society Pass and Backblaze, as provided by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Society Pass | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2.50 |
| Backblaze | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 2.70 |
Society Pass presently has a consensus price target of $22.50, suggesting a potential upside of 29,505.26%. Backblaze has a consensus price target of $19.71, suggesting a potential upside of 112.21%. Given Society Pass’ higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Society Pass is more favorable than Backblaze.
Profitability
This table compares Society Pass and Backblaze’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Society Pass | -145.99% | -343.41% | -39.70% |
| Backblaze | -13.07% | -16.73% | -7.10% |
Valuation & Earnings
This table compares Society Pass and Backblaze”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Society Pass | $7.23 million | 0.08 | -$10.23 million | ($2.43) | -0.03 |
| Backblaze | $145.84 million | 3.94 | -$25.61 million | ($0.34) | -27.32 |
Society Pass has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Backblaze. Backblaze is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Society Pass, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Risk & Volatility
Society Pass has a beta of 1.8, meaning that its share price is 80% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Backblaze has a beta of 1.56, meaning that its share price is 56% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Backblaze beats Society Pass on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Society Pass
Society Pass Incorporated acquires and operates fintech and e-commerce platforms and mobile applications for consumers and merchants in Singapore, Vietnam, Indonesia, Philippines, the United States, Malaysia, Hong Kong, and Thailand. It operates through Online Grocery and Food and Groceries Deliveries, Digital marketing, Online ticketing and reservation, Telecommunications Reseller, e-Commerce, and Merchant Point of Sale segments. The company operates Leflair, an online lifestyle platform that offers services and products, such as fashion and accessories, beauty and personal care, and home and lifestyle; an online food delivery service under the Handycart brand name; and an online grocery delivery service under the Pushkart brand name. It also sells hardware and software to merchant; local mobile phone and global internet data plans; and domestic and overseas air ticket, and global hotel reservations, as well as offers digital marketing services. The company was formerly known as Food Society, Inc. and changed its name to Society Pass Incorporated in October 2018. Society Pass Incorporated was incorporated in 2018 and is headquartered in Singapore.
About Backblaze
Backblaze, Inc., a storage cloud platform, provides businesses and consumers cloud services to store, use, and protect data in the United States and internationally. The company offers cloud services through a web-scale software infrastructure built on commodity hardware. It also provides Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage, which enables customers to store data, developers to build applications, and partners to expand their use cases. This service is offered as a consumption-based Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) and serves use cases, such as public, hybrid, and multi-cloud data storage; application development and DevOps; content delivery and edge computing; security and ransomware protection; media management; backup, archive, and tape replacement; repository for analytics, artificial intelligence and machine learning; and Internet of Things. In addition, the company offers Backblaze Computer Backup that automatically backs up data from laptops and desktops for businesses and individuals, which provides a subscription-based Software-as-a-Service and serves use cases, including computer backup, ransomware protection, theft and loss protection, and remote access. It serves the public cloud IaaS storage and Data-Protection-as-a-Service markets. The company was incorporated in 2007 and is headquartered in San Mateo, California.
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