Spok (SPOK) Competitors

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

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 7.2%. 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.

Do institutionals and insiders 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 large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is SHEN or SPOK more profitable?

Spok has a net margin of 11.45% compared to Shenandoah Telecommunications' net margin of -10.07%. Spok's return on equity of 10.26% beat Shenandoah Telecommunications' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Shenandoah Telecommunications	-10.07%	-3.18%	-1.70%
Spok	11.45%	10.26%	7.45%

Does the media prefer SHEN or SPOK?

In the previous week, Shenandoah Telecommunications had 11 more articles in the media than Spok. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Shenandoah Telecommunications and 2 mentions for Spok. Shenandoah Telecommunications' average media sentiment score of 1.48 beat Spok's score of 0.15 indicating that Shenandoah Telecommunications is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Shenandoah Telecommunications	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Spok	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, 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	2.46	$190.39M	-$0.61	-24.15
Spok	$137.65M	2.60	$14.97M	$0.78	22.27

Do analysts prefer SHEN or SPOK?

Shenandoah Telecommunications currently has a consensus target price of $26.00, suggesting a potential upside of 76.51%. Spok has a consensus target price of $20.00, suggesting a potential upside of 15.14%. Given Shenandoah Telecommunications' higher possible upside, equities 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 more risk and volatility, SHEN or SPOK?

Shenandoah Telecommunications has a beta of 0.89, meaning that its stock price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Spok has a beta of 0.58, meaning that its stock price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

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