Workiva (NYSE:WK) and AvePoint (NASDAQ:AVPT) Head-To-Head Survey

Workiva (NYSE:WK) and AvePoint (NASDAQ:AVPT) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk and profitability.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent recommendations for Workiva and AvePoint, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Workiva	0	0	9	0	3.00
AvePoint	0	2	3	0	2.60

Workiva presently has a consensus target price of $118.38, suggesting a potential upside of 50.49%. AvePoint has a consensus target price of $15.75, suggesting a potential upside of 7.73%. Given Workiva’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Workiva is more favorable than AvePoint.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

92.2% of Workiva shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 44.5% of AvePoint shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.9% of Workiva shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 26.2% of AvePoint shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares Workiva and AvePoint’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Workiva	-7.15%	N/A	-3.58%
AvePoint	-2.36%	-3.16%	-1.55%

Valuation and Earnings

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

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Workiva	$738.68 million	5.98	-$127.53 million	($1.00)	-78.66
AvePoint	$330.48 million	8.93	-$21.50 million	($0.16)	-91.38

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

Volatility and Risk

Workiva has a beta of 1.09, meaning that its share price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AvePoint has a beta of 1.11, meaning that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500.

About Workiva

Workiva Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides cloud-based reporting solutions in the United States and internationally. The company offers Workiva platform, a multi-tenant cloud software that provides data linking capabilities; audit trail services; administrators access management; and allows customers to connect data from multiple enterprise resource planning, human capital management, and customer relationship management systems, as well as other third-party cloud and on-premise applications. It serves public and private companies, government agencies, and higher-education institutions. Workiva Inc. was founded in 2008 and is headquartered in Ames, Iowa.

About AvePoint

AvePoint, Inc. provides cloud-native data management software platform in North America, Europe, Middle East, Africa, and Asia Pacific. It also offers software-as-a-service solutions and productivity applications. The company offers modularity and cloud services architecture to address critical challenges and the management of data to organizations that leverage third-party cloud vendors, including Microsoft, Salesforce, Google, AWS, Box, DropBox, and others; license and support; and maintenance services. AvePoint, Inc. was incorporated in 2001 and is headquartered in Jersey City, New Jersey.