MongoDB (NASDAQ:MDB) vs. Pathfinder Acquisition (NASDAQ:PFDR) Head-To-Head Review

Pathfinder Acquisition (NASDAQ:PFDR) and MongoDB (NASDAQ:MDB) are both unclassified companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings and risk.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and recommmendations for Pathfinder Acquisition and MongoDB, as reported 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 price target of $361.00, suggesting a potential upside of 37.86%. Given MongoDB’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe MongoDB is more favorable than Pathfinder Acquisition.

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%

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Pathfinder Acquisition and MongoDB”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) 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	11.59	-$176.60 million	($2.74)	-95.57

Pathfinder Acquisition has higher earnings, but lower revenue than MongoDB.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

77.8% of Pathfinder Acquisition shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.3% of MongoDB shares are held by institutional investors. 20.0% of Pathfinder Acquisition shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.6% of MongoDB shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Volatility & Risk

Pathfinder Acquisition has a beta of -0.02, suggesting that its share price is 102% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MongoDB has a beta of 1.25, suggesting that its share price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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.