XELA vs. SGRP, DMS, KRKR, PALT, SOPA, CREG, QH, BAOS, HLBZ, and CFFE
Should you be buying Exela Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Exela Technologies include SPAR Group (SGRP), Digital Media Solutions (DMS), 36Kr (KRKR), Paltalk (PALT), Society Pass (SOPA), Smart Powerr (CREG), Quhuo (QH), Baosheng Media Group (BAOS), Helbiz (HLBZ), and CF Acquisition Corp. VIII (CFFE). These companies are all part of the "business services, not elsewhere classified" industry.
Exela Technologies vs.
SPAR Group (NASDAQ:SGRP) and Exela Technologies (NASDAQ:XELA) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.
SPAR Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Exela Technologies.
9.5% of SPAR Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 17.4% of Exela Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. 49.8% of SPAR Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Exela Technologies shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Exela Technologies had 6 more articles in the media than SPAR Group. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Exela Technologies and 1 mentions for SPAR Group. Exela Technologies' average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat SPAR Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Exela Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
SPAR Group has a beta of 0.81, suggesting that its stock price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Exela Technologies has a beta of 1.69, suggesting that its stock price is 69% more volatile than the S&P 500.
SPAR Group has a net margin of 0.61% compared to Exela Technologies' net margin of -37.71%. SPAR Group's return on equity of 11.79% beat Exela Technologies' return on equity.
Exela Technologies received 63 more outperform votes than SPAR Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 70.49% of users gave SPAR Group an outperform vote while only 64.21% of users gave Exela Technologies an outperform vote.
Summary
SPAR Group beats Exela Technologies on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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