Talkspace (TALK) Competitors

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

Which has more volatility and risk, USPH or TALK?

U.S. Physical Therapy has a beta of 1.39, indicating that its share price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Talkspace has a beta of 1.29, indicating that its share price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, 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	2.56	$28.24M	$1.23	83.39
Talkspace	$150.04M	2.96	-$19.18M	-$0.08	-32.75

Does the media refer more to USPH or TALK?

In the previous week, U.S. Physical Therapy had 1 more articles in the media than Talkspace. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for U.S. Physical Therapy and 10 mentions for Talkspace. Talkspace's average media sentiment score of 0.68 beat U.S. Physical Therapy's score of 0.11 indicating that U.S. Physical Therapy is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
U.S. Physical Therapy	6 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Talkspace	0 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do analysts prefer USPH or TALK?

U.S. Physical Therapy currently has a consensus target price of $125.67, indicating a potential upside of 22.52%. Talkspace has a consensus target price of $3.00, indicating a potential upside of 14.50%. Given Talkspace's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities 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

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%

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%

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in USPH or TALK?

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

Summary

U.S. Physical Therapy beats Talkspace on 15 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.