PALT vs. JT, GIGM, SSNT, AMWL, DHX, HGBL, RSSS, MNY, SWVL, and STCN
Should you be buying Paltalk stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Paltalk include Jianpu Technology (JT), GigaMedia (GIGM), SilverSun Technologies (SSNT), American Well (AMWL), DHI Group (DHX), Heritage Global (HGBL), Research Solutions (RSSS), MoneyHero (MNY), Swvl (SWVL), and Steel Connect (STCN).
Jianpu Technology (NYSE:JT) and Paltalk (NASDAQ:PALT) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, community ranking, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability, dividends, valuation and analyst recommendations.
Paltalk has a consensus target price of $4.50, indicating a potential upside of 23.63%.
Jianpu Technology received 209 more outperform votes than Paltalk when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.24% of users gave Jianpu Technology an outperform vote while only 37.50% of users gave Paltalk an outperform vote.
Paltalk has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Jianpu Technology. Paltalk is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Jianpu Technology, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Paltalk had 1 more articles in the media than Jianpu Technology. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Paltalk and 0 mentions for Jianpu Technology. Jianpu Technology's average media sentiment score of 1.25 beat Paltalk's score of 0.00 indicating that Paltalk is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
12.0% of Jianpu Technology shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 3.9% of Paltalk shares are held by institutional investors. 40.1% of Jianpu Technology shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 17.8% of Paltalk shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Jianpu Technology has a beta of 0.4, indicating that its share price is 60% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Paltalk has a beta of 0.76, indicating that its share price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Jianpu Technology has a net margin of -4.68% compared to Jianpu Technology's net margin of -7.45%. Jianpu Technology's return on equity of -4.07% beat Paltalk's return on equity.
Summary
Paltalk beats Jianpu Technology on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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