Reviewing Workiva (NYSE:WK) & AvePoint (NASDAQ:AVPT)

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

Valuation & Earnings

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

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

AvePoint has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.

Analyst Ratings

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

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

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

Risk & Volatility

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

Insider and Institutional Ownership

44.5% of AvePoint shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.2% of Workiva shares are held by institutional investors. 26.2% of AvePoint shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.9% of Workiva shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

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

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

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.

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.