Contrasting Vivakor (NASDAQ:VIVK) and MicroAlgo (NASDAQ:MLGO)

Vivakor (NASDAQ:VIVK) and MicroAlgo (NASDAQ:MLGO) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, risk, valuation and institutional ownership.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Vivakor and MicroAlgo”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Vivakor	$89.81 million	0.16	-$22.19 million	($1.09)	-0.27
MicroAlgo	$75.33 million	0.10	$5.37 million	N/A	N/A

MicroAlgo has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Vivakor.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations for Vivakor and MicroAlgo, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Vivakor	1	0	0	0	1.00
MicroAlgo	1	0	0	0	1.00

Insider & Institutional Ownership

12.3% of Vivakor shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 1.1% of MicroAlgo shares are owned by institutional investors. 44.5% of Vivakor shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 22.7% of MicroAlgo shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Risk and Volatility

Vivakor has a beta of 0.93, suggesting that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MicroAlgo has a beta of -1.52, suggesting that its stock price is 252% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Vivakor and MicroAlgo’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Vivakor	-29.87%	-31.68%	-13.31%
MicroAlgo	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

Vivakor beats MicroAlgo on 5 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Vivakor

Vivakor, Inc. operates, acquires, and develops technologies and assets in the oil and gas industry and related environmental solutions in the United States and Kuwait. The company owns and operates a crude oil gathering, storage, and transportation facility in Delhi, Louisiana. It also owns a crude oil storage tank located near Colorado City, Texas. In addition, the company offers remediation of soil and the extraction of hydrocarbons, such as oil from properties contaminated by or laden with heavy crude oil and other hydrocarbon-based substances. The company was formerly known as NGI Holdings, LLC and changed its name to Vivakor, Inc. in April 2008. The company was incorporated in 2006 and is based in Dallas, Texas.

About MicroAlgo

MicroAlgo Inc. develops and applies central processing algorithm solutions to customers in internet advertisement, gaming, and intelligent chip industries in the People’s Republic of China, Hong Kong, and internationally. The company operates through two segments, Central Processing Algorithm Services, and Intelligent Chips and Services. It offers services that includes algorithm optimization, accelerating computing power without the need for hardware upgrades, data processing, and data intelligence services. The company also provides advertising distribution, mobile game publishing and licensing, software services, and comprehensive solutions for enterprise customers, as well as intelligent chips solutions for the semiconductor sector. In addition, it engages in the resale of intelligent chips and accessories; and provision of software development. MicroAlgo Inc. is headquartered in Shenzhen, the People’s Republic of China. MicroAlgo Inc. is a subsidiary of WiMi Hologram Cloud Inc.