Freedom Acquisition I (NASDAQ:FACT) versus POET Technologies (OTCMKTS:POETF) Critical Analysis

Freedom Acquisition I (NASDAQ:FACT) and POET Technologies (OTCMKTS:POETF) are both energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, dividends, earnings and risk.

Volatility & Risk

Freedom Acquisition I has a beta of 0.01, meaning that its share price is 99% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, POET Technologies has a beta of 0.81, meaning that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and price targets for Freedom Acquisition I and POET Technologies, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Freedom Acquisition I	1	0	0	0	1.00
POET Technologies	0	0	0	0	0.00

Insider & Institutional Ownership

55.8% of Freedom Acquisition I shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Freedom Acquisition I shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Freedom Acquisition I and POET Technologies”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Freedom Acquisition I	N/A	N/A	$5.98 million	N/A	N/A
POET Technologies	$4.43 million	1,138.57	-$18.17 million	($0.05)	-276.40

Freedom Acquisition I has higher earnings, but lower revenue than POET Technologies.

Profitability

This table compares Freedom Acquisition I and POET Technologies’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Freedom Acquisition I	N/A	-31.14%	1.67%
POET Technologies	N/A	-88.82%	-74.05%

Summary

Freedom Acquisition I beats POET Technologies on 6 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Freedom Acquisition I

Freedom Acquisition I Corp. does not have significant operations. The company focuses on effecting a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization, or related business combination with one or more businesses. Freedom Acquisition I Corp. was incorporated in 2020 and is based in New York, New York.

About POET Technologies

POET Technologies, Inc. engages in the designing, developing, manufacturing and sale of opto-electronic solutions for the sensing, data communications and telecommunications markets. It developed POET Optical Interposer platform, which allows the integration of electronic and photonic devices into a single multi-chip module. The company was founded on November 14, 1985 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.