SPOK vs. SHEN, PTNR, CCI, SBAC, USM, TDS, BB, SIDU, SYTA, and TIGO
Should you be buying Spok stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Spok include Shenandoah Telecommunications (SHEN), Partner Communications (PTNR), Crown Castle (CCI), SBA Communications (SBAC), United States Cellular (USM), Telephone and Data Systems (TDS), BlackBerry (BB), Sidus Space (SIDU), Siyata Mobile (SYTA), and Millicom International Cellular (TIGO).
Shenandoah Telecommunications (NASDAQ:SHEN) and Spok (NASDAQ:SPOK) are both small-cap utilities companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, dividends, media sentiment, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, risk and analyst recommendations.
Spok has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Shenandoah Telecommunications. Shenandoah Telecommunications is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Spok, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Shenandoah Telecommunications has a beta of 0.61, meaning that its share price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Spok has a beta of 0.27, meaning that its share price is 73% less volatile than the S&P 500.
62.0% of Shenandoah Telecommunications shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 50.8% of Spok shares are held by institutional investors. 4.4% of Shenandoah Telecommunications shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 11.9% of Spok shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Spok had 1 more articles in the media than Shenandoah Telecommunications. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Spok and 5 mentions for Shenandoah Telecommunications. Spok's average media sentiment score of 0.87 beat Shenandoah Telecommunications' score of 0.23 indicating that Shenandoah Telecommunications is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Shenandoah Telecommunications pays an annual dividend of $0.09 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Spok pays an annual dividend of $1.25 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.2%. Shenandoah Telecommunications pays out 2.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Spok pays out 150.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Shenandoah Telecommunications has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years.
Shenandoah Telecommunications has a net margin of 77.44% compared to Shenandoah Telecommunications' net margin of 11.93%. Shenandoah Telecommunications' return on equity of 10.23% beat Spok's return on equity.
Shenandoah Telecommunications currently has a consensus target price of $25.00, suggesting a potential upside of 32.91%. Given Spok's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Shenandoah Telecommunications is more favorable than Spok.
Shenandoah Telecommunications received 234 more outperform votes than Spok when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.76% of users gave Shenandoah Telecommunications an outperform vote while only 59.40% of users gave Spok an outperform vote.
Summary
Shenandoah Telecommunications beats Spok on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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