SPOK vs. OUST, DOMO, CLMB, TGAN, GILT, NVX, MVIS, MTLS, MCG, and MG
Should you be buying Spok stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Spok include Ouster (OUST), Domo (DOMO), Climb Global Solutions (CLMB), Transphorm (TGAN), Gilat Satellite Networks (GILT), NOVONIX (NVX), MicroVision (MVIS), Materialise (MTLS), Membership Collective Group (MCG), and Mistras Group (MG). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Spok (NASDAQ:SPOK) and Ouster (NYSE:OUST) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, dividends, profitability, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and community ranking.
Spok has higher revenue and earnings than Ouster. Ouster is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Spok, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
50.8% of Spok shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 31.5% of Ouster shares are held by institutional investors. 11.9% of Spok shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 6.0% of Ouster shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Ouster has a consensus target price of $9.50, indicating a potential upside of 25.66%. Given Ouster's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Ouster is more favorable than Spok.
In the previous week, Ouster had 27 more articles in the media than Spok. MarketBeat recorded 28 mentions for Ouster and 1 mentions for Spok. Spok's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Ouster's score of -0.15 indicating that Spok is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Spok has a net margin of 11.27% compared to Ouster's net margin of -449.23%. Spok's return on equity of 9.43% beat Ouster's return on equity.
Spok has a beta of 0.26, indicating that its share price is 74% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ouster has a beta of 2.54, indicating that its share price is 154% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Spok received 173 more outperform votes than Ouster when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.16% of users gave Ouster an outperform vote while only 59.70% of users gave Spok an outperform vote.
Summary
Spok beats Ouster on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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