Paltalk (PALT) Competitors

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

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of PALT or SGRP?

3.8% of Paltalk shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 9.5% of SPAR Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 15.5% of Paltalk shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 49.8% of SPAR Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more risk and volatility, PALT or SGRP?

Paltalk has a beta of 0.71, suggesting that its stock price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SPAR Group has a beta of 0.81, suggesting that its stock price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer PALT or SGRP?

SPAR Group received 127 more outperform votes than Paltalk when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.49% of users gave SPAR Group an outperform vote while only 28.57% of users gave Paltalk an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Paltalk	Outperform Votes 2 28.57%	Underperform Votes 5 71.43%
SPAR Group	Outperform Votes 129 70.49%	Underperform Votes 54 29.51%

Do analysts prefer PALT or SGRP?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Paltalk	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
SPAR Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Is PALT or SGRP more profitable?

SPAR Group has a net margin of 0.61% compared to Paltalk's net margin of -32.09%. SPAR Group's return on equity of 11.79% beat Paltalk's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Paltalk	-32.09%	-15.81%	-13.17%
SPAR Group	0.61%	11.79%	4.72%

Does the media prefer PALT or SGRP?

In the previous week, Paltalk had 1 more articles in the media than SPAR Group. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Paltalk and 0 mentions for SPAR Group. SPAR Group's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Paltalk's score of -0.55 indicating that SPAR Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Paltalk	Negative
SPAR Group	Neutral

Which has better earnings and valuation, PALT or SGRP?

SPAR Group has higher revenue and earnings than Paltalk. Paltalk 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
Paltalk	$10.99 million	2.20	-$3.41 million	-$0.37	-7.08
SPAR Group	$261.27 million	0.12	-$730 thousand	$0.07	18.57

Summary

SPAR Group beats Paltalk on 13 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.