Spirent Communications - SPMYY Competitors

Spirent Communications (OTCMKTS:SPMYY) and SMARTONE TELECO/S (OTCMKTS:STTFY) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability and risk.

Which has more risk and volatility, SPMYY or STTFY?

Spirent Communications has a beta of 0.71, indicating that its stock price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SMARTONE TELECO/S has a beta of -0.04, indicating that its stock price is 104% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor SPMYY or STTFY?

In the previous week, Spirent Communications and Spirent Communications both had 2 articles in the media. Spirent Communications' average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat SMARTONE TELECO/S's score of 0.40 indicating that Spirent Communications is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Spirent Communications	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
SMARTONE TELECO/S	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, SPMYY or STTFY?

Spirent Communications has higher earnings, but lower revenue than SMARTONE TELECO/S.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Spirent Communications	$607.50 million	2.26	$99.90 million	N/A	N/A
SMARTONE TELECO/S	$1.28 billion	0.83	$78.62 million	N/A	N/A

Is SPMYY or STTFY more profitable?

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Spirent Communications	N/A	N/A	N/A
SMARTONE TELECO/S	N/A	N/A	N/A

Is SPMYY or STTFY a better dividend stock?

Spirent Communications pays an annual dividend of $0.35 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. SMARTONE TELECO/S pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%.

Do analysts prefer SPMYY or STTFY?

Given Spirent Communications' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Spirent Communications is more favorable than SMARTONE TELECO/S.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Spirent Communications	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
SMARTONE TELECO/S	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Does the MarketBeat Community favor SPMYY or STTFY?

Spirent Communications received 14 more outperform votes than SMARTONE TELECO/S when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.24% of users gave SMARTONE TELECO/S an outperform vote while only 59.88% of users gave Spirent Communications an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Spirent Communications	Outperform Votes 100 59.88%	Underperform Votes 67 40.12%
SMARTONE TELECO/S	Outperform Votes 86 63.24%	Underperform Votes 50 36.76%

Summary

Spirent Communications beats SMARTONE TELECO/S on 6 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.