KORE vs. SURG, CXDO, SOTK, ASYS, CODA, UPLD, LDTC, SNCR, ELTK, and GCTS
Should you be buying KORE Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of KORE Group include SurgePays (SURG), Crexendo (CXDO), Sono-Tek (SOTK), Amtech Systems (ASYS), Coda Octopus Group (CODA), Upland Software (UPLD), LeddarTech (LDTC), Synchronoss Technologies (SNCR), Eltek (ELTK), and GCT Semiconductor (GCTS). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
KORE Group (NYSE:KORE) and SurgePays (NASDAQ:SURG) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking and valuation.
KORE Group presently has a consensus price target of $2.94, suggesting a potential upside of 284.26%. SurgePays has a consensus price target of $10.00, suggesting a potential upside of 197.62%. Given KORE Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe KORE Group is more favorable than SurgePays.
SurgePays received 162 more outperform votes than KORE Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.72% of users gave SurgePays an outperform vote while only 16.13% of users gave KORE Group an outperform vote.
SurgePays has a net margin of 15.03% compared to KORE Group's net margin of -60.39%. SurgePays' return on equity of 104.66% beat KORE Group's return on equity.
57.5% of KORE Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.9% of SurgePays shares are held by institutional investors. 0.8% of KORE Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 29.4% of SurgePays shares are held by 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.
In the previous week, SurgePays had 4 more articles in the media than KORE Group. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for SurgePays and 2 mentions for KORE Group. SurgePays' average media sentiment score of 0.33 beat KORE Group's score of 0.02 indicating that SurgePays is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
KORE Group has a beta of 2.81, suggesting that its stock price is 181% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SurgePays has a beta of 1.08, suggesting that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500.
SurgePays has lower revenue, but higher earnings than KORE Group. KORE Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than SurgePays, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
SurgePays beats KORE Group on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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