Spok (SPOK) Competitors

Shenandoah Telecommunications (NASDAQ:SHEN) and Spok (NASDAQ:SPOK) are both small-cap wireless telecommunication services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations and dividends.

Do insiders and institutionals believe in SHEN or SPOK?

62.0% of Shenandoah Telecommunications shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 50.8% of Spok shares are held by institutional investors. 4.5% of Shenandoah Telecommunications shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 7.4% of Spok 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.

Do analysts rate SHEN or SPOK?

Shenandoah Telecommunications presently has a consensus target price of $26.00, suggesting a potential upside of 103.92%. Spok has a consensus target price of $20.00, suggesting a potential upside of 7.12%. Given Shenandoah Telecommunications' higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Shenandoah Telecommunications is more favorable than Spok.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Shenandoah Telecommunications	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Spok	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	4.00

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, SHEN or SPOK?

Shenandoah Telecommunications has higher revenue and earnings than Spok. Shenandoah Telecommunications is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Spok, 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
Shenandoah Telecommunications	$328.06M	2.13	$190.39M	-$0.56	-22.77
Spok	$140.74M	2.73	$14.97M	$0.83	22.49

Is SHEN or SPOK a better dividend stock?

Shenandoah Telecommunications pays an annual dividend of $0.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Spok pays an annual dividend of $1.25 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.7%. Shenandoah Telecommunications pays out -17.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Spok pays out 150.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Shenandoah Telecommunications has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years.

Is SHEN or SPOK more profitable?

Spok has a net margin of 12.12% compared to Shenandoah Telecommunications' net margin of -8.90%. Spok's return on equity of 11.11% beat Shenandoah Telecommunications' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Shenandoah Telecommunications	-8.90%	-3.78%	-1.95%
Spok	12.12%	11.11%	8.05%

Which has more risk & volatility, SHEN or SPOK?

Shenandoah Telecommunications has a beta of 0.9, indicating that its stock price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Spok has a beta of 0.57, indicating that its stock price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer SHEN or SPOK?

In the previous week, Shenandoah Telecommunications had 18 more articles in the media than Spok. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Shenandoah Telecommunications and 1 mentions for Spok. Shenandoah Telecommunications' average media sentiment score of 1.62 beat Spok's score of 1.13 indicating that Shenandoah Telecommunications is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Shenandoah Telecommunications	Very Positive
Spok	Positive

Summary

Shenandoah Telecommunications and Spok tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.