Financial Survey: Mogo (NASDAQ:MOGO) and Social Leverage Acquisition Corp I (NYSE:SLAC)

Mogo (NASDAQ:MOGO – Get Rating) and Social Leverage Acquisition Corp I (NYSE:SLAC – Get Rating) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership and profitability.

Profitability

This table compares Mogo and Social Leverage Acquisition Corp I’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Mogo	-175.14%	-21.81%	-14.31%
Social Leverage Acquisition Corp I	N/A	-30.17%	1.68%

Volatility and Risk

Mogo has a beta of 2.73, indicating that its share price is 173% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Social Leverage Acquisition Corp I has a beta of 0.02, indicating that its share price is 98% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Mogo and Social Leverage Acquisition Corp I’s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Mogo	$45.89 million	0.98	-$26.50 million	($1.35)	-0.44
Social Leverage Acquisition Corp I	N/A	N/A	$2.54 million	N/A	N/A

Social Leverage Acquisition Corp I has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Mogo.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for Mogo and Social Leverage Acquisition Corp I, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Mogo	0	0	1	0	3.00
Social Leverage Acquisition Corp I	0	0	0	0	N/A

Mogo presently has a consensus price target of $3.92, suggesting a potential upside of 554.96%. Given Mogo’s higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Mogo is more favorable than Social Leverage Acquisition Corp I.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

14.4% of Mogo shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.7% of Social Leverage Acquisition Corp I shares are held by institutional investors. 12.3% of Mogo shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 20.0% of Social Leverage Acquisition Corp I shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

About Mogo

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Mogo, Inc. operates as a financial technology company. The firm offers free Mogo app, for consumers to access a digital spending account with the Mogo Visa Platinum Prepaid Card featuring automatic carbon offsetting, easily buy and sell bitcoin, get free monthly credit-score monitoring and ID fraud protection and access personal loans, and mortgages. Its products and services include MogoMoney, MogoProtect, MogoCard, MogoMortgage, MogoCrypto and Moka services. The company was founded by David Feller and Gregory Feller on January 14, 1972 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.

About Social Leverage Acquisition Corp I

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Social Leverage Acquisition Corp I does not have significant operations. It focuses on effecting a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization, or similar business combination with one or more businesses in the financial technology, enterprise software, and consumer technology industries. The company was incorporated in 2020 and is based in Scottsdale, Arizona.