Talkspace (TALK) Competitors

Progyny (NASDAQ:PGNY) and Talkspace (NASDAQ:TALK) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, risk, valuation and institutional ownership.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, PGNY or TALK?

Progyny has higher revenue and earnings than Talkspace. Talkspace is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Progyny, 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
Progyny	$1.09B	1.64	$62.04M	$0.58	36.21
Talkspace	$150.04M	3.40	-$19.18M	-$0.01	-302.00

Do analysts rate PGNY or TALK?

Progyny presently has a consensus target price of $25.00, suggesting a potential upside of 19.05%. Talkspace has a consensus target price of $4.38, suggesting a potential upside of 44.87%. Given Talkspace's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Talkspace is more favorable than Progyny.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Progyny	0 Sell rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.31
Talkspace	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of PGNY or TALK?

94.9% of Progyny shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 57.4% of Talkspace shares are held by institutional investors. 12.3% of Progyny shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 21.7% of Talkspace shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility and risk, PGNY or TALK?

Progyny has a beta of 1.31, indicating that its stock price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Talkspace has a beta of 1.14, indicating that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to PGNY or TALK?

In the previous week, Progyny had 13 more articles in the media than Talkspace. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Progyny and 7 mentions for Talkspace. Progyny's average media sentiment score of 0.62 beat Talkspace's score of 0.37 indicating that Progyny is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Progyny	7 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Talkspace	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community favor PGNY or TALK?

Progyny received 95 more outperform votes than Talkspace when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.43% of users gave Progyny an outperform vote while only 41.67% of users gave Talkspace an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Progyny	Outperform Votes 100 71.43%	Underperform Votes 40 28.57%
Talkspace	Outperform Votes 5 41.67%	Underperform Votes 7 58.33%

Is PGNY or TALK more profitable?

Progyny has a net margin of 5.03% compared to Talkspace's net margin of -0.76%. Progyny's return on equity of 11.36% beat Talkspace's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Progyny	5.03%	11.36%	7.87%
Talkspace	-0.76%	-1.17%	-0.99%

Summary

Progyny beats Talkspace on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.