Critical Survey: Maris-Tech (NASDAQ:MTEK) versus Fathom (NASDAQ:FTHM)

Maris-Tech (NASDAQ:MTEK) and Fathom (NASDAQ:FTHM) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership and earnings.

Risk & Volatility

Maris-Tech has a beta of 0.78, indicating that its share price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fathom has a beta of 2.11, indicating that its share price is 111% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Maris-Tech and Fathom”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Maris-Tech	$6.08 million	3.12	-$1.23 million	N/A	N/A
Fathom	$390.03 million	0.09	-$21.58 million	($1.06)	-1.15

Maris-Tech has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Fathom.

Profitability

This table compares Maris-Tech and Fathom’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Maris-Tech	N/A	N/A	N/A
Fathom	-6.04%	-53.57%	-29.66%

Insider and Institutional Ownership

0.6% of Maris-Tech shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 55.5% of Fathom shares are held by institutional investors. 41.3% of Maris-Tech shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 16.4% of Fathom shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets for Maris-Tech and Fathom, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Maris-Tech	0	0	0	0	0.00
Fathom	0	0	1	0	3.00

Summary

Maris-Tech beats Fathom on 6 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Maris-Tech

Maris-Tech Ltd. designs and manufactures digital video and audio hardware and software solutions for the professionals, as well as the civilian and home security markets worldwide. The company offers intelligent video surveillance solutions, communication technology products, modular video encoding/decoding platform, ultra-low latency streaming solutions, dual channel low power encoder systems, multi channel encoding streaming and recording platform, miniature recording and streaming platforms, and video encoding and decoding platform. Its products are used in drone, robotic, defense, homeland security, HLS, intelligence gathering, autonomous vehicle, and space markets and applications. The company was incorporated in 2008 and is based in Rehovot, Israel.

About Fathom

Fathom Holdings Inc. provides a real estate services platform that integrates residential brokerage, mortgage, title, and insurance services in the United States. It operates through three segments: Real Estate Brokerage, Mortgage, and Technology. The Real Estate Brokerage segment provides real estate brokerage services. The Mortgage segment offers residential loan origination and underwriting services. The Technology segment provides Software as a Service solutions and data mining for third party customers. It offers access to various properties for sale or lease through its FathomRealty.com website to buyers, sellers, landlords, and tenants; insurance agency services; and title services. In addition, the company provides intelliAgent, a real estate technology platform that offers a suite of brokerage and agent level tools, technology, business processes, business intelligence and reporting, and training; transaction, personnel, customer relationship, and accounting management for agent transactions; and reporting, social media marketing, and other marketing and marketing repository services, as well as marketplace for add-on services and third-party technology. Its brands include Fathom Realty, Dagley Insurance, Encompass Lending, intelliAgent, LiveBy, Real Results, Verus Title, and Cornerstone. The company was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in Cary, North Carolina.