Financial Comparison: Onfolio (NASDAQ:ONFO) versus Maplebear (NASDAQ:CART)

Onfolio (NASDAQ:ONFO) and Maplebear (NASDAQ:CART) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership and dividends.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Onfolio and Maplebear”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Onfolio	$7.86 million	0.34	-$1.77 million	($0.46)	-1.13
Maplebear	$3.74 billion	2.55	$447.00 million	$1.59	22.82

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

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and price targets for Onfolio and Maplebear, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Onfolio	1	0	0	0	1.00
Maplebear	2	11	15	0	2.46

Maplebear has a consensus price target of $51.38, suggesting a potential upside of 41.59%. Given Maplebear’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Maplebear is more favorable than Onfolio.

Profitability

This table compares Onfolio and Maplebear’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Onfolio	-17.18%	-43.97%	-21.36%
Maplebear	11.89%	16.28%	11.95%

Insider and Institutional Ownership

0.8% of Onfolio shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.1% of Maplebear shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Onfolio shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 26.0% of Maplebear shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Volatility & Risk

Onfolio has a beta of 2.88, meaning that its share price is 188% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Maplebear has a beta of 1, meaning that its share price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.

Summary

Maplebear beats Onfolio on 13 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Onfolio

Onfolio Holdings, Inc. acquires and develops internet businesses. It provides website management, digital, advertising, and content placement services on its websites; and product sales on various sites. The company was founded in 2019 and is based in Wilmington, Delaware.

About Maplebear

Maplebear Inc., doing business as Instacart, engages in the provision of online grocery shopping services to households in North America. It sells and delivers grocery products, as well as pickup services through a mobile application and website. It also operates virtual convenience stores; and provides software-as-a-service solutions to retailers. The company was incorporated in 2012 and is based in San Francisco, California.