Head-To-Head Review: Vivakor (NASDAQ:VIVK) vs. Leafbuyer Technologies (OTCMKTS:LBUY)

Leafbuyer Technologies (OTCMKTS:LBUY) and Vivakor (NASDAQ:VIVK) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, valuation, risk and dividends.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for Leafbuyer Technologies and Vivakor, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Leafbuyer Technologies	0	0	0	0	0.00
Vivakor	1	0	0	0	1.00

Risk & Volatility

Leafbuyer Technologies has a beta of 2.84, indicating that its share price is 184% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vivakor has a beta of 0.88, indicating that its share price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

11.0% of Leafbuyer Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 12.3% of Vivakor shares are owned by institutional investors. 24.4% of Leafbuyer Technologies shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 44.5% of Vivakor shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Leafbuyer Technologies and Vivakor’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Leafbuyer Technologies	6.36%	-26.21%	35.42%
Vivakor	-29.87%	-31.68%	-13.31%

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Leafbuyer Technologies and Vivakor”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Leafbuyer Technologies	$6.47 million	0.33	$260,000.00	N/A	N/A
Vivakor	$89.81 million	0.07	-$22.19 million	($1.09)	-0.12

Leafbuyer Technologies has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Vivakor.

Summary

Leafbuyer Technologies beats Vivakor on 6 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Leafbuyer Technologies

Leafbuyer Technologies, Inc., through its subsidiary, LB Media Group, LLC, provides online resources for cannabis deals and specials in the United States. The company was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Greenwood Village, Colorado.

About Vivakor

Vivakor, Inc. operates, acquires, and develops technologies and assets in the oil and gas industry and related environmental solutions in the United States and Kuwait. The company owns and operates a crude oil gathering, storage, and transportation facility in Delhi, Louisiana. It also owns a crude oil storage tank located near Colorado City, Texas. In addition, the company offers remediation of soil and the extraction of hydrocarbons, such as oil from properties contaminated by or laden with heavy crude oil and other hydrocarbon-based substances. The company was formerly known as NGI Holdings, LLC and changed its name to Vivakor, Inc. in April 2008. The company was incorporated in 2006 and is based in Dallas, Texas.