Head-To-Head Comparison: Leafbuyer Technologies (OTCMKTS:LBUY) versus Vivakor (NASDAQ:VIVK)

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

Volatility and Risk

Leafbuyer Technologies has a beta of 2.84, indicating that its stock price is 184% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vivakor has a beta of 0.88, indicating that its stock price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Leafbuyer Technologies and Vivakor”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Leafbuyer Technologies	$6.47 million	0.26	$260,000.00	N/A	N/A
Vivakor	$124.05 million	0.05	-$22.19 million	($1.09)	-0.12

Leafbuyer Technologies has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Vivakor.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Leafbuyer Technologies	6.36%	-26.21%	35.42%
Vivakor	-29.87%	-31.68%	-13.31%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and price targets for Leafbuyer Technologies and Vivakor, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Leafbuyer Technologies	0	0	0	0	0.00
Vivakor	1	0	0	0	1.00

Institutional & Insider Ownership

11.0% of Leafbuyer Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 12.3% of Vivakor shares are held by institutional investors. 24.4% of Leafbuyer Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 44.5% of Vivakor shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Leafbuyer Technologies beats Vivakor on 6 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Leafbuyer Technologies

Leafbuyer Technologies, Inc., through its subsidiary, LB Media Group, LLC, provides online resources for cannabis deals and specials in the United States. The company was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Greenwood Village, Colorado.

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.