Marqeta (MQ) Competitors

Marqeta (NASDAQ:MQ) and Aurora Innovation (NASDAQ:AUR) are both business services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, valuation, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.

Is MQ or AUR more profitable?

Aurora Innovation has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Marqeta's net margin of -11.69%. Marqeta's return on equity of -6.45% beat Aurora Innovation's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Marqeta	-11.69%	-6.45%	-4.73%
Aurora Innovation	N/A	-42.25%	-37.29%

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of MQ or AUR?

78.6% of Marqeta shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 44.7% of Aurora Innovation shares are held by institutional investors. 12.6% of Marqeta shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 11.9% of Aurora Innovation shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media favor MQ or AUR?

In the previous week, Aurora Innovation had 5 more articles in the media than Marqeta. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Aurora Innovation and 5 mentions for Marqeta. Aurora Innovation's average media sentiment score of 1.65 beat Marqeta's score of 0.95 indicating that Aurora Innovation is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Marqeta	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Aurora Innovation	9 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Do analysts recommend MQ or AUR?

Marqeta currently has a consensus price target of $6.11, suggesting a potential downside of 1.55%. Aurora Innovation has a consensus price target of $10.75, suggesting a potential upside of 68.23%. Given Aurora Innovation's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Aurora Innovation is more favorable than Marqeta.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Marqeta	0 Sell rating(s)	10 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.23
Aurora Innovation	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.56

Which has higher earnings & valuation, MQ or AUR?

Marqeta has higher revenue and earnings than Aurora Innovation. Marqeta is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Aurora Innovation, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Marqeta	$506.99M	5.74	$27.29M	-$0.13	-47.77
Aurora Innovation	$68M	173.41	-$748M	-$0.47	-13.60

Which has more risk and volatility, MQ or AUR?

Marqeta has a beta of 1.54, indicating that its stock price is 54% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Aurora Innovation has a beta of 2.49, indicating that its stock price is 149% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Aurora Innovation beats Marqeta on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.