Reviewing AvePoint (NASDAQ:AVPT) & ServiceTitan (NASDAQ:TTAN)

AvePoint (NASDAQ:AVPT) and ServiceTitan (NASDAQ:TTAN) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, valuation, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares AvePoint and ServiceTitan”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
AvePoint	$330.48 million	8.81	-$29.09 million	($0.13)	-110.23
ServiceTitan	$771.88 million	12.02	-$239.09 million	N/A	N/A

AvePoint has higher earnings, but lower revenue than ServiceTitan.

Analyst Recommendations

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

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
AvePoint	0	2	3	1	2.83
ServiceTitan	0	4	12	1	2.82

AvePoint presently has a consensus target price of $19.25, suggesting a potential upside of 34.33%. ServiceTitan has a consensus target price of $124.00, suggesting a potential upside of 21.20%. Given AvePoint’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe AvePoint is more favorable than ServiceTitan.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

44.5% of AvePoint shares are held by institutional investors. 26.2% of AvePoint shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 51.7% of ServiceTitan shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares AvePoint and ServiceTitan’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
AvePoint	-2.21%	-2.78%	-1.49%
ServiceTitan	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

ServiceTitan beats AvePoint on 7 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About AvePoint

AvePoint, Inc. provides cloud-native data management software platform in North America, Europe, Middle East, Africa, and Asia Pacific. It also offers software-as-a-service solutions and productivity applications. The company offers modularity and cloud services architecture to address critical challenges and the management of data to organizations that leverage third-party cloud vendors, including Microsoft, Salesforce, Google, AWS, Box, DropBox, and others; license and support; and maintenance services. AvePoint, Inc. was incorporated in 2001 and is headquartered in Jersey City, New Jersey.

About ServiceTitan

ServiceTitan, Inc. engages in the collection of field service activities required to install, maintain, and service the infrastructure and systems of residences and commercial buildings. The company was founded by Ara Mahdessian and Vahe Kuzoyan on June 8, 2008 and is headquartered in Glendale, CA.