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Pathfinder Acquisition (NASDAQ:PFDR – Get Free Report) and MongoDB (NASDAQ:MDB – Get Free Report) are both unclassified companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations and valuation.
Profitability
This table compares Pathfinder Acquisition and MongoDB’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Pathfinder Acquisition | N/A | -102.69% | 4.33% |
| MongoDB | -10.46% | -12.22% | -5.19% |
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for Pathfinder Acquisition and MongoDB, as provided by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Pathfinder Acquisition | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| MongoDB | 2 | 4 | 23 | 2 | 2.81 |
MongoDB has a consensus target price of $361.00, indicating a potential upside of 36.44%. Given MongoDB’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe MongoDB is more favorable than Pathfinder Acquisition.
Insider & Institutional Ownership
77.8% of Pathfinder Acquisition shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.3% of MongoDB shares are owned by institutional investors. 20.0% of Pathfinder Acquisition shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.6% of MongoDB shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Volatility & Risk
Pathfinder Acquisition has a beta of -0.02, meaning that its share price is 102% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MongoDB has a beta of 1.25, meaning that its share price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Earnings & Valuation
This table compares Pathfinder Acquisition and MongoDB”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Pathfinder Acquisition | N/A | N/A | $7.97 million | N/A | N/A |
| MongoDB | $1.68 billion | 11.71 | -$176.60 million | ($2.74) | -96.56 |
Pathfinder Acquisition has higher earnings, but lower revenue than MongoDB.
Summary
MongoDB beats Pathfinder Acquisition on 8 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Pathfinder Acquisition
Pathfinder Acquisition Corporation does not have significant operations. It intends to effect a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization, or similar business combination with one or more businesses in the technology or technology-enabled sectors. The company was incorporated in 2020 and is based in Palo Alto, California.
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.
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