SPAR Group (SGRP) Competitors

SPAR Group (NASDAQ:SGRP) and SilverSun Technologies (NASDAQ:SSNT) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, community ranking, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.

Is SGRP or SSNT more profitable?

SPAR Group has a net margin of 3.62% compared to SilverSun Technologies' net margin of -2.17%. SPAR Group's return on equity of 13.08% beat SilverSun Technologies' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
SPAR Group	3.62%	13.08%	5.47%
SilverSun Technologies	-2.17%	-14.96%	-6.02%

Do analysts recommend SGRP or SSNT?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
SPAR Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
SilverSun Technologies	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Which has higher valuation & earnings, SGRP or SSNT?

SPAR Group has higher revenue and earnings than SilverSun Technologies. SilverSun Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than SPAR Group, 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
SPAR Group	$262.75M	0.20	$3.90M	$0.41	5.37
SilverSun Technologies	$54.52M	0.00	-$1.07M	-$0.22	N/A

Does the media refer more to SGRP or SSNT?

In the previous week, SilverSun Technologies had 11 more articles in the media than SPAR Group. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for SilverSun Technologies and 2 mentions for SPAR Group. SPAR Group's average media sentiment score of 0.45 beat SilverSun Technologies' score of -0.01 indicating that SPAR Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
SPAR Group	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
SilverSun Technologies	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do institutionals and insiders believe in SGRP or SSNT?

9.6% of SPAR Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 58.7% of SilverSun Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 59.7% of SPAR Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 35.7% of SilverSun Technologies shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor SGRP or SSNT?

SilverSun Technologies received 31 more outperform votes than SPAR Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 70.49% of users gave SPAR Group an outperform vote while only 59.04% of users gave SilverSun Technologies an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
SPAR Group	Outperform Votes 129 70.49%	Underperform Votes 54 29.51%
SilverSun Technologies	Outperform Votes 160 59.04%	Underperform Votes 111 40.96%

Which has more volatility & risk, SGRP or SSNT?

SPAR Group has a beta of 0.52, suggesting that its share price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SilverSun Technologies has a beta of 2.26, suggesting that its share price is 126% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

SPAR Group beats SilverSun Technologies on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.