SPOK vs. SHEN, PTNR, CCI, SBAC, USM, TDS, BB, SIDU, SYTA, and TIGO
Should you be buying Spok stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Spok include Shenandoah Telecommunications (SHEN), Partner Communications (PTNR), Crown Castle (CCI), SBA Communications (SBAC), United States Cellular (USM), Telephone and Data Systems (TDS), BlackBerry (BB), Sidus Space (SIDU), Siyata Mobile (SYTA), and Millicom International Cellular (TIGO).
Shenandoah Telecommunications (NASDAQ:SHEN) and Spok (NASDAQ:SPOK) are both small-cap utilities companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership and valuation.
Shenandoah Telecommunications received 234 more outperform votes than Spok when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.76% of users gave Shenandoah Telecommunications an outperform vote while only 59.40% of users gave Spok an outperform vote.
Shenandoah Telecommunications has a net margin of 77.44% compared to Shenandoah Telecommunications' net margin of 11.93%. Shenandoah Telecommunications' return on equity of 10.23% beat Spok's return on equity.
Spok has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.
Shenandoah Telecommunications has a beta of 0.61, meaning that its stock price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Spok has a beta of 0.27, meaning that its stock price is 73% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Shenandoah Telecommunications pays an annual dividend of $0.09 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Spok pays an annual dividend of $1.25 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.4%. Shenandoah Telecommunications pays out 2.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Spok pays out 150.6% 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 has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years.
62.0% of Shenandoah Telecommunications shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 50.8% of Spok shares are held by institutional investors. 4.4% of Shenandoah Telecommunications shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 11.9% of Spok shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Shenandoah Telecommunications had 1 more articles in the media than Spok. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Shenandoah Telecommunications and 6 mentions for Spok. Spok's average media sentiment score of 1.04 beat Shenandoah Telecommunications' score of 0.18 indicating that Shenandoah Telecommunications is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Shenandoah Telecommunications presently has a consensus price target of $25.00, suggesting a potential upside of 40.61%. Given Spok's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Shenandoah Telecommunications is more favorable than Spok.
Summary
Shenandoah Telecommunications beats Spok on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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