Reviewing MongoDB (NASDAQ:MDB) & Leafly (NASDAQ:LFLY)

Leafly (NASDAQ:LFLY) and MongoDB (NASDAQ:MDB) are both medical companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, risk, dividends, earnings and analyst recommendations.

Volatility and Risk

Leafly has a beta of 0.91, suggesting that its share price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MongoDB has a beta of 1.17, suggesting that its share price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Leafly and MongoDB”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Leafly	$42.25 million	0.10	-$9.50 million	($2.32)	-0.58
MongoDB	$1.68 billion	12.67	-$176.60 million	($2.74)	-105.33

Leafly has higher earnings, but lower revenue than MongoDB. MongoDB is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Leafly, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

15.6% of Leafly shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.3% of MongoDB shares are held by institutional investors. 7.6% of Leafly shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.6% of MongoDB shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and price targets for Leafly and MongoDB, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Leafly	0	0	2	0	3.00
MongoDB	1	6	20	1	2.75

Leafly presently has a consensus target price of $7.59, suggesting a potential upside of 466.42%. MongoDB has a consensus target price of $370.08, suggesting a potential upside of 28.23%. Given Leafly’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Leafly is more favorable than MongoDB.

Profitability

This table compares Leafly and MongoDB’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Leafly	-14.65%	N/A	-25.26%
MongoDB	-10.46%	-12.22%	-5.19%

Summary

MongoDB beats Leafly on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Leafly

Leafly Holdings, Inc. owns and operates a platform to provide consumers with cannabis information and connects consumers to cannabis brands and licensed retailers. The company offers subscription-based marketplace listings, digital advertising solutions, and software as a service-based tools to cannabis retailers; and information, reviews, menus, and ordering and delivery options to its audience through its website and mobile applications. Leafly Holdings, Inc. was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in Seattle, Washington.

About MongoDB

MongoDB, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides general purpose database platform worldwide. The company provides MongoDB Atlas, a hosted multi-cloud database-as-a-service solution; MongoDB Enterprise Advanced, a commercial database server for enterprise customers to run in the cloud, on-premises, or in a hybrid environment; and Community Server, a free-to-download version of its database, which includes the functionality that developers need to get started with MongoDB. It offers professional services comprising consulting and training. The company was formerly known as 10gen, Inc. and changed its name to MongoDB, Inc. in August 2013. MongoDB, Inc. was incorporated in 2007 and is headquartered in New York, New York.