Talkspace (TALK) Competitors

U.S. Physical Therapy (NYSE:USPH) and Talkspace (NASDAQ:TALK) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability and earnings.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, USPH or TALK?

U.S. Physical Therapy has higher revenue and earnings than Talkspace. Talkspace is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than U.S. Physical Therapy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
U.S. Physical Therapy	$604.80M	2.41	$28.24M	$1.23	78.80
Talkspace	$150.04M	2.97	-$19.18M	-$0.08	-32.88

Is USPH or TALK more profitable?

U.S. Physical Therapy has a net margin of 4.72% compared to U.S. Physical Therapy's net margin of -7.33%. Talkspace's return on equity of 8.03% beat U.S. Physical Therapy's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
U.S. Physical Therapy	4.72%	8.03%	3.88%
Talkspace	-7.33%	-10.00%	-8.47%

Do insiders and institutionals believe in USPH or TALK?

57.4% of Talkspace shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.7% of U.S. Physical Therapy shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 18.4% of Talkspace shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts recommend USPH or TALK?

U.S. Physical Therapy presently has a consensus target price of $125.67, indicating a potential upside of 29.66%. Talkspace has a consensus target price of $3.00, indicating a potential upside of 14.07%. Given Talkspace's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe U.S. Physical Therapy is more favorable than Talkspace.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
U.S. Physical Therapy	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Talkspace	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Does the media refer more to USPH or TALK?

In the previous week, U.S. Physical Therapy had 3 more articles in the media than Talkspace. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for U.S. Physical Therapy and 2 mentions for Talkspace. U.S. Physical Therapy's average media sentiment score of 1.14 beat Talkspace's score of 1.05 indicating that Talkspace is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
U.S. Physical Therapy	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Talkspace	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk & volatility, USPH or TALK?

U.S. Physical Therapy has a beta of 1.4, meaning that its share price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Talkspace has a beta of 1.23, meaning that its share price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer USPH or TALK?

U.S. Physical Therapy received 247 more outperform votes than Talkspace when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 56.14% of users gave U.S. Physical Therapy an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave Talkspace an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
U.S. Physical Therapy	Outperform Votes 247 56.14%	Underperform Votes 193 43.86%
Talkspace	Outperform Votes No Votes	Underperform Votes 3 100.00%

Summary

U.S. Physical Therapy beats Talkspace on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.