SurgePays (SURG) Competitors

SurgePays (NASDAQ:SURG) and Edap Tms (NASDAQ:EDAP) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk and community ranking.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in SURG or EDAP?

Edap Tms received 178 more outperform votes than SurgePays when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.98% of users gave SurgePays an outperform vote while only 62.41% of users gave Edap Tms an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
SurgePays	Outperform Votes 169 68.98%	Underperform Votes 76 31.02%
Edap Tms	Outperform Votes 347 62.41%	Underperform Votes 209 37.59%

Which has higher valuation & earnings, SURG or EDAP?

SurgePays has higher revenue and earnings than Edap Tms. Edap Tms is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than SurgePays, 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
SurgePays	$112.99M	0.28	$20.62M	$1.15	1.41
Edap Tms	$62.05M	1.88	-$22.92M	-$0.54	-5.83

Do institutionals and insiders believe in SURG or EDAP?

6.9% of SurgePays shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 62.7% of Edap Tms shares are held by institutional investors. 29.4% of SurgePays shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Edap Tms shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is SURG or EDAP more profitable?

SurgePays has a net margin of -1.36% compared to Edap Tms' net margin of -31.68%. SurgePays' return on equity of -3.97% beat Edap Tms' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
SurgePays	-1.36%	-3.97%	-2.91%
Edap Tms	-31.68%	-36.41%	-22.25%

Which has more volatility & risk, SURG or EDAP?

SurgePays has a beta of 0.91, meaning that its share price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Edap Tms has a beta of 0.43, meaning that its share price is 57% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate SURG or EDAP?

SurgePays currently has a consensus price target of $9.00, indicating a potential upside of 455.56%. Edap Tms has a consensus price target of $14.00, indicating a potential upside of 344.44%. Given SurgePays' higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe SurgePays is more favorable than Edap Tms.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
SurgePays	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Edap Tms	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the media prefer SURG or EDAP?

In the previous week, Edap Tms had 2 more articles in the media than SurgePays. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Edap Tms and 3 mentions for SurgePays. Edap Tms' average media sentiment score of 1.23 beat SurgePays' score of 0.09 indicating that Edap Tms is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
SurgePays	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Edap Tms	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

SurgePays beats Edap Tms on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.