Xperi (NASDAQ:XPER) & Leafly (OTC:LFLY) Head-To-Head Analysis

Xperi (NASDAQ:XPER) and Leafly (OTC:LFLY) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations and earnings.

Earnings & Valuation

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

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Xperi	$453.96 million	0.60	-$136.61 million	$0.16	36.59
Leafly	$35.87 million	3.24	-$9.50 million	($1.60)	-23.13

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

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets for Xperi and Leafly, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Xperi	0	0	2	0	3.00
Leafly	0	0	0	0	0.00

Xperi presently has a consensus price target of $11.00, indicating a potential upside of 87.91%. Given Xperi’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Xperi is more favorable than Leafly.

Risk and Volatility

Xperi has a beta of 1.32, suggesting that its share price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Leafly has a beta of 1.12, suggesting that its share price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Xperi and Leafly’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Xperi	-16.72%	-7.03%	-4.14%
Leafly	-14.65%	N/A	-25.26%

Institutional and Insider Ownership

94.3% of Xperi shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 15.6% of Leafly shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.1% of Xperi shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.9% of Leafly shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Xperi beats Leafly on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Xperi

Xperi Inc. operates as a consumer and entertainment technology company worldwide. It offers Pay-TV solutions, including UX solutions that allows service providers to customize elements of the interactive program guide for their customers and to upgrade the programming features and services; IPTV, a cloud-based solution that supports various services and applications, such as TV programming, broadband OTT video content, digital music, photos, and other media experiences; managed IPTV service; video metadata and services; managed IPTV Service, a customizable, cloud-enabled, and end-to-end streaming video solution that enables operators to quickly launch a branded, fully compliant, full-featured Pay-TV service; metadata libraries comprising television, sports, movies, digital-first, celebrities, books, and video games; personalized content discovery, natural language voice, and insights; and TiVo DVR subscriptions, as well as technical support service. It also provides consumer electronics solutions, such as home and mobile audio solutions, and silicon and software solutions for edge inference; connected car solutions, including HD Radio and DTS AutoStage; and Media Platform that provides Vewd middleware solutions, TiVo OS, TiVo Stream 4K, connected TVs, and connected cars that leverage the TiVo OS, as well as advertising solutions. The company was incorporated in 2019 and is headquartered in San Jose, California.

About Leafly

Leafly Holdings, Inc. owns and operates a platform to provide consumers with cannabis information and connects consumers to cannabis brands and licensed retailers. The company offers subscription-based marketplace listings, digital advertising solutions, and software as a service-based tools to cannabis retailers; and information, reviews, menus, and ordering and delivery options to its audience through its website and mobile applications. Leafly Holdings, Inc. was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in Seattle, Washington.