Paltalk (PALT) Competitors

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

Is PALT or GIGM more profitable?

Paltalk has a net margin of -33.40% compared to GigaMedia's net margin of -126.94%. GigaMedia's return on equity of -9.19% beat Paltalk's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Paltalk	-33.40%	-16.94%	-14.15%
GigaMedia	-126.94%	-9.19%	-8.64%

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of PALT or GIGM?

3.9% of Paltalk shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 13.5% of GigaMedia shares are held by institutional investors. 18.7% of Paltalk shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of GigaMedia 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.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor PALT or GIGM?

GigaMedia received 200 more outperform votes than Paltalk when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 43.84% of users gave GigaMedia an outperform vote while only 33.33% of users gave Paltalk an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Paltalk	Outperform Votes 3 33.33%	Underperform Votes 6 66.67%
GigaMedia	Outperform Votes 203 43.84%	Underperform Votes 260 56.16%

Do analysts rate PALT or GIGM?

Paltalk presently has a consensus price target of $4.50, suggesting a potential upside of 155.68%. Given Paltalk's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Paltalk is more favorable than GigaMedia.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Paltalk	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
GigaMedia	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Which has more volatility and risk, PALT or GIGM?

Paltalk has a beta of 0.84, meaning that its stock price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, GigaMedia has a beta of 0.37, meaning that its stock price is 63% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, PALT or GIGM?

Paltalk has higher revenue and earnings than GigaMedia. Paltalk is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than GigaMedia, 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
Paltalk	$10.98M	1.48	-$1.07M	-$0.34	-5.18
GigaMedia	$4.29M	3.84	-$3.40M	-$0.36	-4.14

Does the media prefer PALT or GIGM?

In the previous week, Paltalk had 3 more articles in the media than GigaMedia. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Paltalk and 1 mentions for GigaMedia. GigaMedia's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Paltalk's score of -0.24 indicating that GigaMedia is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Paltalk	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
GigaMedia	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Paltalk beats GigaMedia on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.