SPAR Group (SGRP) Competitors

SPAR Group (NASDAQ:SGRP) and Paltalk (NASDAQ:PALT) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, risk, community ranking, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings and institutional ownership.

Is SGRP or PALT more profitable?

SPAR Group has a net margin of 3.62% compared to Paltalk's net margin of -7.45%. SPAR Group's return on equity of 13.08% beat Paltalk's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
SPAR Group	3.62%	13.08%	5.47%
Paltalk	-7.45%	-4.07%	-3.45%

Do analysts rate SGRP or PALT?

Paltalk has a consensus price target of $4.50, indicating a potential upside of 40.19%. Given Paltalk's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Paltalk is more favorable than SPAR Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
SPAR Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Paltalk	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has higher earnings and valuation, SGRP or PALT?

SPAR Group has higher revenue and earnings than Paltalk. Paltalk is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than SPAR Group, 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
SPAR Group	$262.75M	0.18	$3.90M	$0.41	4.66
Paltalk	$10.98M	2.70	-$1.07M	-$0.09	-35.67

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in SGRP or PALT?

SPAR Group received 126 more outperform votes than Paltalk when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.49% of users gave SPAR Group an outperform vote while only 37.50% of users gave Paltalk an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
SPAR Group	Outperform Votes 129 70.49%	Underperform Votes 54 29.51%
Paltalk	Outperform Votes 3 37.50%	Underperform Votes 5 62.50%

Do insiders & institutionals believe in SGRP or PALT?

9.6% of SPAR Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 3.9% of Paltalk shares are held by institutional investors. 59.7% of SPAR Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 17.8% of Paltalk shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more risk and volatility, SGRP or PALT?

SPAR Group has a beta of 0.41, suggesting that its share price is 59% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Paltalk has a beta of 0.76, suggesting that its share price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to SGRP or PALT?

In the previous week, SPAR Group had 8 more articles in the media than Paltalk. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for SPAR Group and 1 mentions for Paltalk. SPAR Group's average media sentiment score of 0.69 beat Paltalk's score of -0.63 indicating that SPAR Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
SPAR Group	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Paltalk	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Negative

Summary

SPAR Group beats Paltalk on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.