SharpLink Gaming (NASDAQ:SBET – Get Rating) and Alkami Technology (NASDAQ:ALKT – Get Rating) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability and risk.
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of current ratings and price targets for SharpLink Gaming and Alkami Technology, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
Get SharpLink Gaming alerts:| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| SharpLink Gaming | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A |
| Alkami Technology | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2.80 |
Alkami Technology has a consensus price target of $18.00, suggesting a potential upside of 32.84%. Given Alkami Technology's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Alkami Technology is more favorable than SharpLink Gaming.
Earnings & Valuation
This table compares SharpLink Gaming and Alkami Technology's gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| SharpLink Gaming | $4.15 million | 1.90 | -$55.64 million | N/A | N/A |
| Alkami Technology | $152.16 million | 8.15 | -$46.82 million | ($0.74) | -18.31 |
Alkami Technology has higher revenue and earnings than SharpLink Gaming.
Risk & Volatility
SharpLink Gaming has a beta of 0.85, indicating that its stock price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alkami Technology has a beta of 0.14, indicating that its stock price is 86% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Insider and Institutional Ownership
2.5% of SharpLink Gaming shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 53.5% of Alkami Technology shares are owned by institutional investors. 59.1% of SharpLink Gaming shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 40.0% of Alkami Technology shares are owned 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.
Profitability
This table compares SharpLink Gaming and Alkami Technology's net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| SharpLink Gaming | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Alkami Technology | -35.07% | -18.09% | -13.24% |
Summary
Alkami Technology beats SharpLink Gaming on 6 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.
About SharpLink Gaming
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SharpLink Gaming Ltd. operates as an online technology company that connects sports fans, leagues, and sports websites to sports betting and iGaming content. It operates through Affiliate Marketing Services – United States, Sports Gaming Client Services, Enterprise Telecom Expense Management, and Affiliate Marketing Services – International segments. The company collects information on potential U.S. domiciled sports bettors, connects them with contextual sports betting content, and converts them to paying sports betting customers, as well as offers sports betting data to sports media publishers. It also provides development, hosting, operations, maintenance, and service of free-to-play games and contests; and solutions for telecommunications expense management, enterprise mobility management, call usage, and accounting software, as well as iGaming and affiliate marketing network, which focuses on delivering quality traffic and player acquisitions, and retention and conversions to global iGaming operator partner worldwide. The company was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
About Alkami Technology
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Alkami Technology, Inc. offers a cloud-based digital banking platform in the United States. The company's platform allows financial institutions to onboard and engage new users, accelerate revenues, and enhance operational efficiency, with the support of a proprietary, cloud-based, multi-tenant architecture. It offers an end- to- end set of software products, which include Alkami Platform, Retail Banking Solutions, Business Banking Solutions, and The Alkami Difference. It serves community, regional, credit unions, and retail and business banking. Alkami Technology, Inc. was founded in 2009 and is headquartered in Plano, Texas.
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