Talkspace (TALK) Competitors

Talkspace (NASDAQ:TALK) and Teladoc Health (NYSE:TDOC) are both medical companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, valuation, risk, community ranking, profitability, earnings and analyst recommendations.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer TALK or TDOC?

Teladoc Health received 676 more outperform votes than Talkspace when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.94% of users gave Teladoc Health an outperform vote while only 38.46% of users gave Talkspace an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Talkspace	Outperform Votes 5 38.46%	Underperform Votes 8 61.54%
Teladoc Health	Outperform Votes 681 62.94%	Underperform Votes 401 37.06%

Do analysts prefer TALK or TDOC?

Talkspace currently has a consensus target price of $4.38, suggesting a potential upside of 40.90%. Teladoc Health has a consensus target price of $11.81, suggesting a potential downside of 1.22%. Given Talkspace's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Talkspace is more favorable than Teladoc Health.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Talkspace	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Teladoc Health	0 Sell rating(s)	13 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.35

Which has more risk & volatility, TALK or TDOC?

Talkspace has a beta of 1.14, meaning that its share price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Teladoc Health has a beta of 1.05, meaning that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has better earnings and valuation, TALK or TDOC?

Talkspace has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Teladoc Health. Talkspace is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Teladoc Health, 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
Talkspace	$181.29M	2.89	-$19.18M	-$0.01	-310.50
Teladoc Health	$2.60B	0.79	-$220.37M	-$5.77	-2.07

Is TALK or TDOC more profitable?

Talkspace has a net margin of -0.76% compared to Teladoc Health's net margin of -37.91%. Talkspace's return on equity of -1.17% beat Teladoc Health's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Talkspace	-0.76%	-1.17%	-0.99%
Teladoc Health	-37.91%	-10.06%	-4.86%

Does the media favor TALK or TDOC?

In the previous week, Talkspace had 3 more articles in the media than Teladoc Health. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Talkspace and 17 mentions for Teladoc Health. Teladoc Health's average media sentiment score of 0.51 beat Talkspace's score of 0.10 indicating that Teladoc Health is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Talkspace	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	9 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	2 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Teladoc Health	4 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	8 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals and insiders believe in TALK or TDOC?

57.4% of Talkspace shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.8% of Teladoc Health shares are owned by institutional investors. 21.7% of Talkspace shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Teladoc Health shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Talkspace beats Teladoc Health on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.