Spok (SPOK) Competitors $16.54 -0.10 (-0.60%) Closing price 06/11/2025 04:00 PM EasternExtended Trading$16.54 0.00 (0.00%) As of 07:16 AM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock SPOK vs. SHEN, CCI, SBAC, USM, TDS, BB, SIDU, SYTA, TMUS, and CHTShould you be buying Spok stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Spok include Shenandoah Telecommunications (SHEN), Crown Castle (CCI), SBA Communications (SBAC), United States Cellular (USM), Telephone and Data Systems (TDS), BlackBerry (BB), Sidus Space (SIDU), Siyata Mobile (SYTA), T-Mobile US (TMUS), and Chunghwa Telecom (CHT). Spok vs. Its Competitors Shenandoah Telecommunications Crown Castle SBA Communications United States Cellular Telephone and Data Systems BlackBerry Sidus Space Siyata Mobile T-Mobile US Chunghwa Telecom Shenandoah Telecommunications (NASDAQ:SHEN) and Spok (NASDAQ:SPOK) are both small-cap utilities companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, dividends, media sentiment, valuation and earnings. 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 0.7%. Spok pays an annual dividend of $1.25 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.6%. Shenandoah Telecommunications pays out -16.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Spok pays out 160.3% 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. Does the media favor SHEN or SPOK? In the previous week, Shenandoah Telecommunications had 19 more articles in the media than Spok. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Shenandoah Telecommunications and 1 mentions for Spok. Shenandoah Telecommunications' average media sentiment score of 1.44 beat Spok's score of 1.18 indicating that Shenandoah Telecommunications is being referred to more favorably in the media. Company Overall Sentiment Shenandoah Telecommunications Positive Spok Positive Do analysts rate SHEN or SPOK? Shenandoah Telecommunications currently has a consensus target price of $26.00, indicating a potential upside of 86.51%. Spok has a consensus target price of $20.00, indicating a potential upside of 20.92%. Given Shenandoah Telecommunications' higher probable upside, equities 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) 3.00Spok 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 1 Strong Buy rating(s) 4.00 Which has better valuation and earnings, SHEN or SPOK? Spok has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Shenandoah Telecommunications. 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. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioShenandoah Telecommunications$346.71M2.21$8.04M-$0.61-22.85Spok$139.04M2.45$15.67M$0.7821.21 Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of SHEN or SPOK? 62.0% of Shenandoah Telecommunications shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 50.8% of Spok shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.5% of Shenandoah Telecommunications shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.4% of Spok shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth. Is SHEN or SPOK more profitable? Shenandoah Telecommunications has a net margin of 58.03% compared to Spok's net margin of 10.66%. Spok's return on equity of 9.20% beat Shenandoah Telecommunications' return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Shenandoah Telecommunications58.03% -2.50% -1.40% Spok 10.66%9.20%6.71% Which has more volatility and risk, SHEN or SPOK? Shenandoah Telecommunications has a beta of 0.87, indicating that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Spok has a beta of 0.56, indicating that its stock price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500. Does the MarketBeat Community believe in SHEN or SPOK? Shenandoah Telecommunications received 226 more outperform votes than Spok when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.33% of users gave Shenandoah Telecommunications an outperform vote while only 60.11% of users gave Spok an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformShenandoah TelecommunicationsOutperform Votes43767.33% Underperform Votes21232.67% SpokOutperform Votes21160.11% Underperform Votes14039.89% SummaryShenandoah Telecommunications beats Spok on 12 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Spok News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for SPOK and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding SPOK and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart SPOK vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricSpokRadiotelephone communication IndustryComputer SectorNASDAQ ExchangeMarket Cap$342.32M$35.33B$26.21B$8.63BDividend Yield7.56%4.65%2.85%4.18%P/E Ratio22.6616.5145.2920.06Price / Sales2.451.781,954.68157.10Price / Cash16.597.1834.7434.64Price / Book1.991.887.004.70Net Income$15.67M$2.08B$740.66M$247.88M7 Day Performance1.22%-3.30%1.87%2.63%1 Month Performance1.78%6.54%4.24%6.36%1 Year Performance12.90%14.93%52,556.17%14.05% Spok Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)SPOKSpok1.9496 of 5 stars$16.54-0.6%$20.00+20.9%+12.7%$342.32M$139.04M22.66380Positive NewsSHENShenandoah Telecommunications3.9614 of 5 stars$12.50-0.6%$26.00+108.0%-17.6%$685.71M$346.71M3.30840Trending NewsInsider TradeCCICrown Castle4.6059 of 5 stars$99.91-0.4%$112.71+12.8%-0.9%$43.50B$6.52B35.435,000Positive NewsSBACSBA Communications4.8823 of 5 stars$231.06-0.4%$253.43+9.7%+16.8%$24.83B$2.69B36.441,830Positive NewsUSMUnited States Cellular2.4602 of 5 stars$62.81+1.4%$82.67+31.6%+14.8%$5.34B$3.71B-174.474,900High Trading VolumeTDSTelephone and Data Systems2.8 of 5 stars$34.51+0.4%$50.00+44.9%+65.9%$3.93B$4.86B-6.399,300Positive NewsBBBlackBerry0.9458 of 5 stars$4.05+2.1%$4.12+1.8%+50.9%$2.42B$534.90M-18.392,647SIDUSidus Space0.2621 of 5 stars$1.42+1.4%N/A-41.1%$25.99M$3.86M-0.5340Short Interest ↑SYTASiyata Mobile0.1927 of 5 stars$3.99+4.2%N/A-99.0%$3.14M$11.74M0.0030TMUST-Mobile US4.8285 of 5 stars$243.06+0.4%$257.68+6.0%+29.5%$275.98B$82.69B25.1471,000Positive NewsDividend AnnouncementCHTChunghwa Telecom0.7074 of 5 stars$44.06+1.3%N/A+12.4%$34.18B$229.33B29.5720,300 Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Shenandoah Telecommunications Competitors Crown Castle Competitors SBA Communications Competitors United States Cellular Competitors Telephone and Data Systems Competitors BlackBerry Competitors Sidus Space Competitors Siyata Mobile Competitors T-Mobile US Competitors Chunghwa Telecom Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NASDAQ:SPOK) was last updated on 6/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersTrump’s Exec Order #14154 could be a “Millionaire-Maker”Former Presidential Advisor, Jim Rickards, says Trump could “rewire our economy and hand millions of Americans...Paradigm Press | SponsoredTrump wipes out trillions overnight…Is there anybody more powerful than Donald Trump right now? 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