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Western Acquisition Ventures (WAVS) Competitors

$11.12
-0.48 (-4.14%)
(As of 11/1/2024 ET)

WAVS vs. EXFY, EGAN, ARBE, ATGL, SSTI, CRNC, CMCM, STRM, XNET, and SKIL

Should you be buying Western Acquisition Ventures stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Western Acquisition Ventures include Expensify (EXFY), eGain (EGAN), Arbe Robotics (ARBE), Alpha Technology Group (ATGL), SoundThinking (SSTI), Cerence (CRNC), Cheetah Mobile (CMCM), Streamline Health Solutions (STRM), Xunlei (XNET), and Skillsoft (SKIL). These companies are all part of the "computer software" industry.

Western Acquisition Ventures vs.

Expensify (NASDAQ:EXFY) and Western Acquisition Ventures (NASDAQ:WAVS) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, profitability and dividends.

Expensify received 17 more outperform votes than Western Acquisition Ventures when rated by MarketBeat users.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
ExpensifyOutperform Votes
17
30.36%
Underperform Votes
39
69.64%
Western Acquisition VenturesN/AN/A

Western Acquisition Ventures has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Expensify.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Expensify$150.69M0.95-$41.46M-$0.37-5.05
Western Acquisition VenturesN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A

Expensify has a beta of 1.52, indicating that its share price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Western Acquisition Ventures has a beta of -0.18, indicating that its share price is 118% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Expensify presently has a consensus price target of $2.63, indicating a potential upside of 40.37%. Given Expensify's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Expensify is more favorable than Western Acquisition Ventures.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Expensify
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
Western Acquisition Ventures
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
N/A

68.4% of Expensify shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.6% of Western Acquisition Ventures shares are owned by institutional investors. 17.3% of Expensify shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 60.3% of Western Acquisition Ventures shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Western Acquisition Ventures has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Expensify's net margin of -22.41%. Western Acquisition Ventures' return on equity of 0.00% beat Expensify's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Expensify-22.41% -29.82% -16.19%
Western Acquisition Ventures N/A N/A N/A

In the previous week, Expensify had 3 more articles in the media than Western Acquisition Ventures. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Expensify and 0 mentions for Western Acquisition Ventures. Western Acquisition Ventures' average media sentiment score of 0.50 beat Expensify's score of 0.33 indicating that Western Acquisition Ventures is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Expensify Neutral
Western Acquisition Ventures Positive

Summary

Expensify beats Western Acquisition Ventures on 7 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

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WAVS vs. The Competition

MetricWestern Acquisition VenturesHolding Offices IndustryUnclassified SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$38.92M$417.91M$111.49M$8.52B
Dividend YieldN/A8.10%N/A4.13%
P/E RatioN/A9.099.1316.13
Price / SalesN/A100.019.4792.21
Price / CashN/A74.9295.6034.18
Price / BookN/A74.19525.095.07
Net IncomeN/A$31.01M$2.17M$225.46M
7 Day Performance-8.85%-0.94%-0.69%0.07%
1 Month Performance4.41%-0.72%-0.38%3.93%
1 Year PerformanceN/A11.81%16.68%32.51%

Western Acquisition Ventures Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WAVS
Western Acquisition Ventures
N/A$11.12
-4.1%
N/AN/A$40.57MN/A0.00N/AGap Down
High Trading Volume
EXFY
Expensify
3.2957 of 5 stars
$1.89
+2.7%
$2.63
+38.9%
-30.2%$163.47M$138.53M-5.11133Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
EGAN
eGain
3.5941 of 5 stars
$5.15
+0.4%
$9.50
+84.5%
-13.4%$153.61M$92.80M20.60690Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Upgrade
Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
ARBE
Arbe Robotics
0.9499 of 5 stars
$1.86
-0.5%
N/A-7.3%$145.49M$1.37M-2.55120News Coverage
Gap Down
ATGL
Alpha Technology Group
N/A$9.60
-10.9%
N/A+122.4%$144M$9.17M0.0023
SSTI
SoundThinking
3.3734 of 5 stars
$11.24
-2.3%
$22.13
+96.8%
-35.4%$143.79M$102.39M-70.25213News Coverage
Positive News
CRNC
Cerence
3.3761 of 5 stars
$3.31
+2.2%
$8.41
+154.2%
-79.4%$138.37M$357.46M-0.241,700Short Interest ↑
Gap Up
CMCM
Cheetah Mobile
0.239 of 5 stars
$4.59
+2.9%
N/A+159.5%$137.16M$709.82M0.00850Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
Gap Up
STRM
Streamline Health Solutions
2.6537 of 5 stars
$2.19
+4.8%
N/A-64.7%$135.85M$20.30M-0.44130Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
XNET
Xunlei
2.1038 of 5 stars
$2.08
+1.0%
N/A+38.4%$133.90M$344.79M9.041,215Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
SKIL
Skillsoft
3.5645 of 5 stars
$15.84
+0.6%
$36.67
+131.5%
-10.6%$129.62M$536.51M-0.382,318

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This page (NASDAQ:WAVS) was last updated on 11/2/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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