Head-To-Head Analysis: Dakota Active Equity ETF (NASDAQ:DAK) and Expion360 (NASDAQ:XPON)

Dakota Active Equity ETF (NASDAQ:DAK) and Expion360 (NASDAQ:XPON) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, earnings and valuation.

Volatility and Risk

Dakota Active Equity ETF has a beta of 0.98, indicating that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Expion360 has a beta of 0.47, indicating that its stock price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Dakota Active Equity ETF and Expion360’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Dakota Active Equity ETF	N/A	N/A	N/A
Expion360	-74.66%	-115.70%	-78.46%

Insider and Institutional Ownership

34.5% of Expion360 shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.6% of Expion360 shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations for Dakota Active Equity ETF and Expion360, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Dakota Active Equity ETF	0	4	4	0	2.75
Expion360	1	0	0	0	1.00

Dakota Active Equity ETF presently has a consensus target price of $28.81, suggesting a potential upside of 0.00%. Given Dakota Active Equity ETF’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Dakota Active Equity ETF is more favorable than Expion360.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Dakota Active Equity ETF and Expion360″s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Dakota Active Equity ETF	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Expion360	$9.65 million	0.57	-$6.24 million	($1.18)	-0.41

Dakota Active Equity ETF has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Expion360.

Summary

Dakota Active Equity ETF beats Expion360 on 7 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Expion360

Expion360 Inc. designs, assembles, manufactures, and sells lithium iron phosphate batteries and supporting accessories under the VPR 4EVER name for recreational vehicles, marine, golf, industrial, residential, and off-the-grid applications. It provides battery monitors; direct current battery chargers; various models of industrial tie-downs; power generators AURA POWERCAP; terminal blocks; and bus bars. The company also engages in the development of e360 Home Energy Storage systems; e360 SmartTalk mobile application. It serves dealers, wholesalers, private label customers, and original equipment manufacturers in the United States and internationally. The company was formerly known as Yozamp Products Company, LLC and changed its name to Expion360 Inc. in November 2021. Expion360 Inc. was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Redmond, Oregon.