Head to Head Review: Katapult (NASDAQ:KPLT) & GivBux (OTCMKTS:GBUX)

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

Volatility and Risk

GivBux has a beta of -15.07, suggesting that its share price is 1,607% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Katapult has a beta of 1.73, suggesting that its share price is 73% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares GivBux and Katapult”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
GivBux	$540,000.00	59.72	-$3.32 million	($0.08)	-4.25
Katapult	$247.19 million	0.25	-$25.92 million	($7.03)	-1.89

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

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and target prices for GivBux and Katapult, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
GivBux	0	0	0	0	0.00
Katapult	1	1	0	0	1.50

Katapult has a consensus price target of $10.00, indicating a potential downside of 24.76%. Given Katapult’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Katapult is more favorable than GivBux.

Profitability

This table compares GivBux and Katapult’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
GivBux	-1,204.21%	N/A	-11,083.35%
Katapult	-11.97%	N/A	-35.12%

Insider & Institutional Ownership

26.8% of Katapult shares are owned by institutional investors. 14.8% of Katapult shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Katapult beats GivBux on 9 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About GivBux

GivBux, Inc. was founded in 2018 and is based in Newport Beach, California.

About Katapult

Katapult Holdings, Inc., an e-commerce focused financial technology company, provides e-commerce point-of-sale lease-purchase options for nonprime consumers in the United States. The company's technology platform provides nonprime consumers with a lease purchase option to enable them to obtain durable goods from its network of e-commerce retailers. It also offers Katapult Pay, a one-time use virtual card technology that makes lease purchasing and transactions. The company was formerly known as Cognical Holdings, Inc. and changed its name to Katapult Holdings, Inc. in February 2020. The company is headquartered in Plano, Texas.