Maquia Capital Acquisition (NASDAQ:MAQC) & CS Disco (NYSE:LAW) Head to Head Survey

Maquia Capital Acquisition (NASDAQ:MAQC) and CS Disco (NYSE:LAW) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability and dividends.

Profitability

This table compares Maquia Capital Acquisition and CS Disco’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Maquia Capital Acquisition	N/A	N/A	-0.54%
CS Disco	-25.36%	-19.20%	-16.70%

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for Maquia Capital Acquisition and CS Disco, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Maquia Capital Acquisition	0	0	0	0	0.00
CS Disco	1	2	1	0	2.00

CS Disco has a consensus target price of $6.63, suggesting a potential upside of 11.91%. Given CS Disco’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe CS Disco is more favorable than Maquia Capital Acquisition.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

12.4% of Maquia Capital Acquisition shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 58.0% of CS Disco shares are held by institutional investors. 79.6% of Maquia Capital Acquisition shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 15.6% of CS Disco shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Volatility & Risk

Maquia Capital Acquisition has a beta of 0.01, meaning that its stock price is 99% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CS Disco has a beta of 2.07, meaning that its stock price is 107% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Maquia Capital Acquisition and CS Disco”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Maquia Capital Acquisition	N/A	N/A	-$960,000.00	N/A	N/A
CS Disco	$143.58 million	2.47	-$42.15 million	($0.60)	-9.87

Maquia Capital Acquisition has higher earnings, but lower revenue than CS Disco.

Summary

CS Disco beats Maquia Capital Acquisition on 6 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Maquia Capital Acquisition

Maquia Capital Acquisition Corporation 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 or entities. The company intends to focus its search on technology-focused middle market and emerging growth companies in North America. Maquia Capital Acquisition Corporation was incorporated in 2020 and is based in Miami, Florida.

About CS Disco

CS Disco, Inc. provides cloud-native and artificial intelligence-powered legal solutions for legal hold, legal request, ediscovery, legal document review, and case management in the United States and internationally. It offers DISCO Request, a solution that automates response compliance for legal requests; and DISCO Ediscovery, a solution that automates the ediscovery process and saves legal departments from manual tasks associated with collecting, processing, enriching, searching, reviewing, analyzing, producing, and using enterprise data that is at issue in legal matters. The company also provides DISCO Hold, a solution that automates manual work to preserve data, notify custodians, track holds with a defensible audit trail, and collect data when ready; DISCO Review, an AI-powered document review solution that delivers legal document reviews; and DISCO Case Builder, a solution that allows legal professionals to collaborate with teams to build a compelling case by offering a single place to search, organize, and review witness testimony and other legal data. The company's solutions are used in various legal matters comprising litigation, investigation, compliance, and diligence. It serves enterprises, law firms, legal services providers, and governments. CS Disco, Inc. was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Austin, Texas.