Alpine 4 (ALPP) Competitors

Alpine 4 (NASDAQ:ALPP) and SuperCom (NASDAQ:SPCB) are both small-cap multi-sector conglomerates companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends and profitability.

Is ALPP or SPCB more profitable?

SuperCom has a net margin of 3.49% compared to Alpine 4's net margin of 0.00%. SuperCom's return on equity of 79.94% beat Alpine 4's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Alpine 4	N/A	N/A	N/A
SuperCom	3.49%	79.94%	13.86%

Does the media favor ALPP or SPCB?

In the previous week, SuperCom had 2 more articles in the media than Alpine 4. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for SuperCom and 0 mentions for Alpine 4. SuperCom's average media sentiment score of 0.45 beat Alpine 4's score of 0.00 indicating that SuperCom is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Alpine 4	Neutral
SuperCom	Neutral

Which has better valuation & earnings, ALPP or SPCB?

SuperCom has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Alpine 4. SuperCom is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Alpine 4, 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
Alpine 4	$104.56M	0.01	-$12.88M	-$2.14	-0.01
SuperCom	$26.57M	0.08	-$4.02M	-$0.22	-15.54

Do institutionals & insiders believe in ALPP or SPCB?

5.4% of Alpine 4 shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 47.8% of SuperCom shares are owned by institutional investors. 45.1% of Alpine 4 shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 18.3% of SuperCom shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility and risk, ALPP or SPCB?

Alpine 4 has a beta of 0.98, suggesting that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SuperCom has a beta of 0.11, suggesting that its stock price is 89% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ALPP or SPCB?

SuperCom received 338 more outperform votes than Alpine 4 when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Alpine 4 an outperform vote while only 57.21% of users gave SuperCom an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Alpine 4	Outperform Votes 7 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes
SuperCom	Outperform Votes 345 57.21%	Underperform Votes 258 42.79%

Summary

SuperCom beats Alpine 4 on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.