Paltalk (PALT) Competitors

Inotiv (NASDAQ:NOTV) and Paltalk (NASDAQ:PALT) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, valuation, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Do insiders & institutionals believe in NOTV or PALT?

18.2% of Inotiv shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 3.9% of Paltalk shares are held by institutional investors. 7.8% of Inotiv shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 18.7% of Paltalk shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer NOTV or PALT?

Inotiv received 16 more outperform votes than Paltalk when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 48.72% of users gave Inotiv an outperform vote while only 33.33% of users gave Paltalk an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Inotiv	Outperform Votes 19 48.72%	Underperform Votes 20 51.28%
Paltalk	Outperform Votes 3 33.33%	Underperform Votes 6 66.67%

Does the media favor NOTV or PALT?

In the previous week, Inotiv had 1 more articles in the media than Paltalk. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Inotiv and 0 mentions for Paltalk. Inotiv's average media sentiment score of 0.66 beat Paltalk's score of 0.00 indicating that Inotiv is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Inotiv	Positive
Paltalk	Neutral

Do analysts recommend NOTV or PALT?

Inotiv presently has a consensus price target of $5.92, suggesting a potential upside of 198.82%. Paltalk has a consensus price target of $4.50, suggesting a potential upside of 147.25%. Given Inotiv's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Inotiv is more favorable than Paltalk.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Inotiv	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
Paltalk	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Is NOTV or PALT more profitable?

Inotiv has a net margin of -25.40% compared to Paltalk's net margin of -33.40%. Inotiv's return on equity of -15.41% beat Paltalk's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Inotiv	-25.40%	-15.41%	-3.58%
Paltalk	-33.40%	-16.94%	-14.15%

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, NOTV or PALT?

Paltalk has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Inotiv. Paltalk is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Inotiv, 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
Inotiv	$475.11M	0.14	-$108.44M	-$4.61	-0.43
Paltalk	$9.64M	1.74	-$1.07M	-$0.34	-5.35

Which has more volatility & risk, NOTV or PALT?

Inotiv has a beta of 3.96, meaning that its share price is 296% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Paltalk has a beta of 0.91, meaning that its share price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Inotiv beats Paltalk on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.