WM Technology (NASDAQ:MAPS) versus Intchains Group (NASDAQ:ICG) Head-To-Head Analysis

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

Analyst Recommendations

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

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Intchains Group	1	1	2	0	2.25
WM Technology	1	0	1	0	2.00

Intchains Group presently has a consensus price target of $5.25, suggesting a potential upside of 310.16%. WM Technology has a consensus price target of $2.61, suggesting a potential upside of 270.16%. Given Intchains Group’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Intchains Group is more favorable than WM Technology.

Risk & Volatility

Intchains Group has a beta of 1.41, suggesting that its stock price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, WM Technology has a beta of 1.22, suggesting that its stock price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Intchains Group	-24.68%	-5.29%	-5.08%
WM Technology	1.12%	1.51%	1.04%

Insider & Institutional Ownership

22.0% of WM Technology shares are owned by institutional investors. 23.6% of WM Technology shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Intchains Group and WM Technology”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Intchains Group	$31.58 million	2.46	-$7.44 million	($0.12)	-10.67
WM Technology	$174.70 million	0.64	$1.96 million	$0.02	35.26

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

Summary

WM Technology beats Intchains Group on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Intchains Group

Intchains Group Limited designs and sells application-specific integrated circuit chips for blockchain applications in the People's Republic of China. The company also offers ancillary software, hardware, and other products. It serves distributors. Intchains Group Limited was founded in 2017 and is based in Pudong, China.

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.