SurgePays (SURG) Competitors

Tactile Systems Technology (NASDAQ:TCMD) and SurgePays (NASDAQ:SURG) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, risk and dividends.

Which has more risk and volatility, TCMD or SURG?

Tactile Systems Technology has a beta of 0.94, meaning that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SurgePays has a beta of 0.43, meaning that its stock price is 57% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer TCMD or SURG?

Tactile Systems Technology received 208 more outperform votes than SurgePays when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.80% of users gave Tactile Systems Technology an outperform vote while only 68.95% of users gave SurgePays an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Tactile Systems Technology	Outperform Votes 379 69.80%	Underperform Votes 164 30.20%
SurgePays	Outperform Votes 171 68.95%	Underperform Votes 77 31.05%

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of TCMD or SURG?

83.4% of Tactile Systems Technology shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.9% of SurgePays shares are held by institutional investors. 2.5% of Tactile Systems Technology shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 30.5% of SurgePays shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is TCMD or SURG more profitable?

Tactile Systems Technology has a net margin of 5.79% compared to SurgePays' net margin of -27.39%. Tactile Systems Technology's return on equity of 9.37% beat SurgePays' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Tactile Systems Technology	5.79%	9.37%	6.75%
SurgePays	-27.39%	-55.63%	-43.61%

Do analysts prefer TCMD or SURG?

Tactile Systems Technology currently has a consensus price target of $16.00, suggesting a potential upside of 59.52%. SurgePays has a consensus price target of $8.75, suggesting a potential upside of 228.95%. Given SurgePays' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe SurgePays is more favorable than Tactile Systems Technology.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Tactile Systems Technology	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
SurgePays	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the media refer more to TCMD or SURG?

In the previous week, Tactile Systems Technology and Tactile Systems Technology both had 2 articles in the media. Tactile Systems Technology's average media sentiment score of 1.77 beat SurgePays' score of 0.96 indicating that Tactile Systems Technology is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Tactile Systems Technology	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
SurgePays	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, TCMD or SURG?

Tactile Systems Technology has higher revenue and earnings than SurgePays. SurgePays is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Tactile Systems Technology, 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
Tactile Systems Technology	$293.16M	0.80	$28.51M	$0.66	15.20
SurgePays	$40.03M	1.36	$20.62M	-$2.79	-0.95

Summary

Tactile Systems Technology beats SurgePays on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.