Charge Enterprises (CRGE) Competitors

Charge Enterprises (NASDAQ:CRGE) and Anterix (NASDAQ:ATEX) are both small-cap communication companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, valuation, earnings and institutional ownership.

Which has more risk and volatility, CRGE or ATEX?

Charge Enterprises has a beta of 2.49, meaning that its stock price is 149% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Anterix has a beta of 0.91, meaning that its stock price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate CRGE or ATEX?

Anterix has a consensus price target of $67.00, suggesting a potential upside of 212.35%. Given Anterix's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Anterix is more favorable than Charge Enterprises.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Charge Enterprises	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Anterix	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.50

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, CRGE or ATEX?

Anterix has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Charge Enterprises. Charge Enterprises is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Anterix, 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
Charge Enterprises	$641.37M	0.14	-$30.35M	-$0.20	-2.15
Anterix	$5.92M	67.85	-$11.37M	$1.56	13.75

Does the media prefer CRGE or ATEX?

In the previous week, Anterix had 5 more articles in the media than Charge Enterprises. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Anterix and 1 mentions for Charge Enterprises. Anterix's average media sentiment score of 0.88 beat Charge Enterprises' score of 0.67 indicating that Anterix is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Charge Enterprises	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Anterix	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is CRGE or ATEX more profitable?

Anterix has a net margin of 495.14% compared to Charge Enterprises' net margin of -5.76%. Anterix's return on equity of -23.87% beat Charge Enterprises' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Charge Enterprises	-5.76%	-136.79%	-20.11%
Anterix	495.14%	-23.87%	-11.16%

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in CRGE or ATEX?

21.2% of Charge Enterprises shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.7% of Anterix shares are held by institutional investors. 25.2% of Charge Enterprises shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 45.6% of Anterix shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Anterix beats Charge Enterprises on 15 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.