Spok (SPOK) Competitors

Spok (NASDAQ:SPOK) and Shenandoah Telecommunications (NASDAQ:SHEN) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations and risk.

Do analysts prefer SPOK or SHEN?

Spok currently has a consensus target price of $20.00, suggesting a potential upside of 20.26%. Shenandoah Telecommunications has a consensus target price of $26.00, suggesting a potential upside of 136.15%. Given Shenandoah Telecommunications' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Shenandoah Telecommunications is more favorable than Spok.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Spok	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Shenandoah Telecommunications	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the media prefer SPOK or SHEN?

In the previous week, Spok had 19 more articles in the media than Shenandoah Telecommunications. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Spok and 5 mentions for Shenandoah Telecommunications. Shenandoah Telecommunications' average media sentiment score of 0.89 beat Spok's score of 0.02 indicating that Shenandoah Telecommunications is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Spok	2 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Shenandoah Telecommunications	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community favor SPOK or SHEN?

Shenandoah Telecommunications received 234 more outperform votes than Spok when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.60% of users gave Shenandoah Telecommunications an outperform vote while only 59.06% of users gave Spok an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Spok	Outperform Votes 202 59.06%	Underperform Votes 140 40.94%
Shenandoah Telecommunications	Outperform Votes 436 67.60%	Underperform Votes 209 32.40%

Is SPOK or SHEN more profitable?

Shenandoah Telecommunications has a net margin of 58.03% compared to Spok's net margin of 10.66%. Spok's return on equity of 9.20% beat Shenandoah Telecommunications' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Spok	10.66%	9.20%	6.71%
Shenandoah Telecommunications	58.03%	-2.50%	-1.40%

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in SPOK or SHEN?

50.8% of Spok shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 62.0% of Shenandoah Telecommunications shares are owned by institutional investors. 10.5% of Spok shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.4% of Shenandoah Telecommunications shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, SPOK or SHEN?

Spok has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Shenandoah Telecommunications. Shenandoah Telecommunications is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Spok, 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
Spok	$137.65M	2.45	$15.67M	$0.74	22.47
Shenandoah Telecommunications	$328.06M	1.83	$8.04M	$3.79	2.91

Which has more risk and volatility, SPOK or SHEN?

Spok has a beta of 0.33, meaning that its share price is 67% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Shenandoah Telecommunications has a beta of 0.61, meaning that its share price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is SPOK or SHEN a better dividend stock?

Spok pays an annual dividend of $1.25 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.5%. Shenandoah Telecommunications pays an annual dividend of $0.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Spok pays out 168.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Shenandoah Telecommunications pays out 2.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Summary

Shenandoah Telecommunications beats Spok on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.