Charge Enterprises (CRGE) Competitors

Adeia (NASDAQ:ADEA) and Charge Enterprises (NASDAQ:CRGE) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, risk, community ranking, dividends and earnings.

Is ADEA or CRGE more profitable?

Adeia has a net margin of 12.01% compared to Charge Enterprises' net margin of -5.76%. Adeia's return on equity of 28.37% beat Charge Enterprises' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Adeia	12.01%	28.37%	9.44%
Charge Enterprises	-5.76%	-136.79%	-20.11%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ADEA or CRGE?

Adeia received 12 more outperform votes than Charge Enterprises when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 88.89% of users gave Adeia an outperform vote while only 66.67% of users gave Charge Enterprises an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Adeia	Outperform Votes 16 88.89%	Underperform Votes 2 11.11%
Charge Enterprises	Outperform Votes 4 66.67%	Underperform Votes 2 33.33%

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, ADEA or CRGE?

Adeia has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Charge Enterprises. Charge Enterprises is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Adeia, 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
Adeia	$388.79M	3.61	$67.37M	$0.36	35.69
Charge Enterprises	$641.37M	0.44	-$30.35M	-$0.20	-6.50

Which has more volatility & risk, ADEA or CRGE?

Adeia has a beta of 1.39, suggesting that its stock price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Charge Enterprises has a beta of 2.49, suggesting that its stock price is 149% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer ADEA or CRGE?

In the previous week, Adeia had 6 more articles in the media than Charge Enterprises. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Adeia and 0 mentions for Charge Enterprises. Adeia's average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat Charge Enterprises' score of 0.00 indicating that Adeia is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Adeia	Positive
Charge Enterprises	Neutral

Do analysts recommend ADEA or CRGE?

Adeia presently has a consensus price target of $17.00, suggesting a potential upside of 32.30%. Given Adeia's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Adeia is more favorable than Charge Enterprises.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Adeia	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Charge Enterprises	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Do insiders and institutionals believe in ADEA or CRGE?

97.4% of Adeia shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 21.2% of Charge Enterprises shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of Adeia shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 25.2% of Charge Enterprises 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.

Summary

Adeia beats Charge Enterprises on 15 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.