Compass (NYSE:COMP – Get Free Report) and SurgePays (NASDAQ:SURG – Get Free Report) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, risk and analyst recommendations.
Risk and Volatility
Compass has a beta of 2.61, meaning that its stock price is 161% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SurgePays has a beta of 0.44, meaning that its stock price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Valuation & Earnings
This table compares Compass and SurgePays”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Compass | $5.63 billion | N/A | -$154.40 million | ($0.10) | -82.30 |
| SurgePays | $40.03 million | 1.38 | -$45.73 million | ($2.79) | -0.97 |
SurgePays has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Compass. Compass is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than SurgePays, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Institutional & Insider Ownership
67.1% of Compass shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.9% of SurgePays shares are held by institutional investors. 4.1% of Compass shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 30.5% of SurgePays 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.
Profitability
This table compares Compass and SurgePays’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Compass | -0.85% | -10.83% | -4.09% |
| SurgePays | -136.37% | -206.01% | -153.67% |
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of current ratings and target prices for Compass and SurgePays, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Compass | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2.63 |
| SurgePays | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.00 |
Compass currently has a consensus target price of $9.4444, indicating a potential upside of 14.76%. SurgePays has a consensus target price of $9.00, indicating a potential upside of 233.33%. Given SurgePays’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe SurgePays is more favorable than Compass.
Summary
Compass beats SurgePays on 8 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Compass
Compass, Inc. provides real estate brokerage services in the United States. It operates a cloud-based platform that provides an integrated suite of software for customer relationship management, marketing, client service, operations, and other functionality in the real estate industry. The company offers mobile apps that allow agents to manage their business anytime and anywhere, as well as designs consumer-grade user interfaces, automated and simplified workflows for agent-client interactions, and insight-rich dashboards and reports. It also provides full-service title and escrow/settlement services to real estate agents' clients, real estate companies, and financial institutions relating to the closing of home purchases as well as the refinancing of home loans; and Compass Concierge, a program in which home sellers access to capital to front the cost of home improvement services. The company was formerly known as Urban Compass, Inc. and changed its name to Compass, Inc. in January 2021.Compass, Inc. was incorporated in 2012 and is headquartered in New York, New York.
About SurgePays
SurgePays, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a financial technology and telecom company in the United States. It operates through three segments: Mobile Virtual Network Operators, Comprehensive Platform Services, and Lead Generation. The company offers subsidized and non-subsidized mobile virtual network operators for internet connectivity through mobile broadband services to consumers; ACH banking relationships and fintech transactions platform to convenience stores; wireless top-up transactions and wireless product aggregation; and lead generation and case management solutions primarily to law firms in the mass tort industry, as well as call center activities. SurgePays, Inc. is headquartered in Bartlett, Tennessee.
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