Reviewing Shopify (NASDAQ:SHOP) & Moatable (NYSE:MTBLY)

Shopify (NASDAQ:SHOP) and Moatable (NYSE:MTBLY) are both technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, risk and dividends.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Shopify and Moatable”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Shopify	$11.56 billion	13.85	$1.23 billion	$1.01	122.08
Moatable	$52.07 million	0.15	-$8.99 million	($0.14)	-3.36

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

Insider & Institutional Ownership

69.3% of Shopify shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 14.5% of Moatable shares are held by institutional investors. 42.4% of Moatable shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and target prices for Shopify and Moatable, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Shopify	0	9	33	3	2.87
Moatable	0	0	0	0	0.00

Shopify presently has a consensus price target of $157.69, indicating a potential upside of 27.89%. Given Shopify’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Shopify is more favorable than Moatable.

Profitability

This table compares Shopify and Moatable’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Shopify	10.77%	12.07%	10.37%
Moatable	-1.97%	-2.47%	-1.69%

Volatility & Risk

Shopify has a beta of 2.58, meaning that its stock price is 158% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Moatable has a beta of 9.57, meaning that its stock price is 857% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Shopify beats Moatable on 13 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Shopify

Shopify Inc., a commerce company, provides a commerce platform and services in Canada, the United States, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Asia Pacific, Australia, China, and Latin America. The company’s platform enables merchants to displays, manages, markets, and sells its products through various sales channels, including web and mobile storefronts, physical retail locations, pop-up shops, social media storefronts, native mobile apps, buy buttons, and marketplaces; and enables to manage products and inventory, process orders and payments, fulfill and ship orders, new buyers and build customer relationships, source products, leverage analytics and reporting, manage cash, payments and transactions, and access financing. It also sells custom themes and apps, and registration of domain names; and merchant solutions, which include accepting payments, shipping, and securing working capital. The company was formerly known as Jaded Pixel Technologies Inc. and changed its name to Shopify Inc. in November 2011. Shopify Inc. was incorporated in 2004 and is headquartered in Ottawa, Canada.

About Moatable

Moatable, Inc. engages in the software as a service business in the United States and internationally. The company develops Chime, an all-in-one real estate sales acceleration and client lifecycle management platform that allows real estate professionals to obtain and nurture leads, close transactions, and retain their clients; and Trucker Path, a driver-centric online transportation management platform to make freight transportation fast, reliable, and efficient. It also provides online and mobile services for the trucking industry in North America. In addition, the company offers bookkeeping and operations management solutions to property managers and landlords. The company was formerly known as Renren Inc. and changed its name to Moatable, Inc. in June 2023. Moatable, Inc. was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona.