Critical Analysis: Mobiquity Technologies (NASDAQ:MOBQ) and theglobe.com (OTCMKTS:TGLO)

theglobe.com (OTCMKTS:TGLO) and Mobiquity Technologies (NASDAQ:MOBQ) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, profitability and risk.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and target prices for theglobe.com and Mobiquity Technologies, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
theglobe.com	0	0	0	0	N/A
Mobiquity Technologies	0	0	0	0	N/A

Insider & Institutional Ownership

14.2% of Mobiquity Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 72.3% of theglobe.com shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 24.5% of Mobiquity Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Volatility & Risk

theglobe.com has a beta of -0.51, indicating that its share price is 151% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mobiquity Technologies has a beta of 1.09, indicating that its share price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares theglobe.com and Mobiquity Technologies’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
theglobe.com	N/A	N/A	-1,708.33%
Mobiquity Technologies	-759.45%	-293.42%	-158.75%

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares theglobe.com and Mobiquity Technologies’ top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
theglobe.com	N/A	N/A	-$190,000.00	N/A	N/A
Mobiquity Technologies	$860,000.00	4.26	-$6.53 million	N/A	N/A

theglobe.com has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Mobiquity Technologies.

About theglobe.com

theglobe.com, inc. does not have significant operations. Previously, it operated as an online community with registered members and users in the United States and internationally. theglobe.com, inc. was incorporated in 1995 and is based in Dallas, Texas. theglobe.com, inc. is a subsidiary of Delfin Midstream LLC.

About Mobiquity Technologies

Mobiquity Technologies, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as an advertising technology, data compliance, and intelligence company in the United States. It provides advertising technology operating system platform includes adserver, demand side platform, advertisement quality tools, analytics dashboard, engine, advertisement prediction and delivery tools, supply quality tools, private marketplace tools, audience and location targeting, reports, an advertisement software development kit, prebid adaptor, contextual targeting, identity graph capabilities, cookie syncing, and the updated version of a quality and security tools that blends artificial intelligence and machine learning-based optimization technology which automatically serves advertising and manages digital advertising inventory and campaigns. The company also offers data intelligence platform for providing precise data and insights on consumer's real-world behavior and trends for use in marketing and research; and MobiExchange is a data-focused technology solution that enables users to rapidly build actionable data and insights for its own use, providing out-of-the box private labeling, flexible branding, content management, user management, user communications, subscriptions, payment, invoices, reporting, gateways to third party platforms, and help desk solutions. In addition, it provides content publisher platform, a single-vendor ad tech operating system with tools for consent management, audience building, a direct advertising interface, and inventory enhancement, that allows publishers to better monetize their opt-in user data and advertising inventory. The company was formerly known as Ace Marketing & Promotions, Inc. and changed its name to Mobiquity Technologies, Inc. in September 2013. Mobiquity Technologies, Inc. was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Shoreham, New York.