Sphere 3D Corp. (DRK) vs Netcapital Inc. (NCPL)

Sphere 3D Corp. and Netcapital Inc. are both Capital Markets companies. Sphere 3D Corp. is the larger, with a market value of $22.9M against $15.5M — 1.5× the size. Netcapital Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: −9.00% against −10.3%. Sphere 3D Corp. has the higher net margin (−332.5% vs −3,804.1%) and the lower return on invested capital (−156.5% vs −28.4%). Across the 16 metrics below, Netcapital Inc. leads on 9 and Sphere 3D Corp. on 7.

Valuation

Metric DRK NCPL Capital Markets median
P/E n/m n/m 14.20
P/S 1.09 16.47 2.00
P/B 0.75 0.56 1.51
Price to free cash flow n/m n/m 6.36
EV/EBITDA — — —
EV/Sales — — —
Earnings yield (420.08%) (713.82%) (3.94%)
Free cash flow yield (211.78%) (68.86%) (1.62%)

Profitability

Metric DRK NCPL Capital Markets median
Gross margin 18.17% 98.05% 62.80%
Operating margin (330.82%) (1,284.98%) 0.00%
Net margin (332.50%) (3,804.12%) (0.55%)
Free cash flow margin (156.61%) (1,134.00%) 0.00%
Return on equity (137.72%) (99.45%) 0.00%
Return on assets (108.96%) (85.30%) 0.00%
Return on invested capital (156.52%) (28.43%) 0.00%

Growth

Metric DRK NCPL Capital Markets median
Revenue growth (TTM) (10.31%) (9.00%) 20.70%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (53.54%) 28.88% 22.92%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 18.19% (13.09%) 18.16%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric DRK NCPL Capital Markets median
Debt to equity 0.00 0.00 0.08
Current ratio 1.03 0.26 1.50
Net debt to EBITDA 0.46 0.04 (0.24)

Dividend

Metric DRK NCPL Capital Markets median
Dividend yield — — 1.36%
Payout ratio — — 0.19

Size

Metric DRK NCPL Capital Markets median
Market cap 22.85m 15.54m 565.91m

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