Proxim Wireless (OTCMKTS:PRXM) and Spok (NASDAQ:SPOK) Head-To-Head Contrast

Proxim Wireless (OTCMKTS:PRXM) and Spok (NASDAQ:SPOK) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, earnings and profitability.

Volatility & Risk

Proxim Wireless has a beta of 19.46, suggesting that its share price is 1,846% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Spok has a beta of 0.49, suggesting that its share price is 51% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and price targets for Proxim Wireless and Spok, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Proxim Wireless	0	0	0	0	0.00
Spok	0	0	1	1	3.50

Spok has a consensus price target of $20.00, indicating a potential upside of 25.39%. Given Spok’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Spok is more favorable than Proxim Wireless.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Proxim Wireless and Spok”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Proxim Wireless	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Spok	$140.74 million	2.33	$14.97 million	$0.83	19.22

Spok has higher revenue and earnings than Proxim Wireless.

Profitability

This table compares Proxim Wireless and Spok’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Proxim Wireless	N/A	N/A	N/A
Spok	12.12%	11.11%	8.05%

Insider & Institutional Ownership

50.8% of Spok shares are held by institutional investors. 3.6% of Proxim Wireless shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 7.4% of Spok shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Spok beats Proxim Wireless on 10 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Proxim Wireless

Proxim Wireless Corporation provides Wi-Fi, point-to-point, and point-to-multipoint 4G wireless network technologies for wireless Internet, video surveillance, and backhaul applications. It offers wireless broadband and backhaul products, wireless LAN access products, and network controllers. The company's products have applications in transportation, video surveillance, mobility, Wi-Fi offload, backhaul, wireless broadband/ISP, government, carrier Wi-Fi, retail Wi-Fi, and enterprises WLAN. Its broadband wireless equipment is used by enterprises, service providers, carriers, government entities, educational institutions, healthcare organizations, municipalities and other organizations that need high-performance, secure, and scalable broadband wireless solutions. The company serves customers through online retailers, a network of distributors, value-added resellers, system integrators, and original equipment manufacturers in North America, Africa, the Asia Pacific, Europe, Latin America, and the Middle East. The company was founded in 1982 and is headquartered in San Jose, California. As of July 31, 2018, Proxim Wireless Corporation operates as a subsidiary of SRA Holdings, Inc.

About Spok

Spok Holdings, Inc., through its subsidiary, Spok, Inc., provides healthcare communication solutions in the United States, Europe, Canada, Australia, Asia, and the Middle East. The company's products and services enhance workflows for clinicians and support administrative compliance. It delivers clinical information to care teams when and where it matters to enhance patient outcomes; and provides GenA Pager, a one-way alphanumeric pager. The company offers subscriptions to one-way or two-way messaging services, as well as alphanumeric pagers that are configurable to support unencrypted or encrypted operation; and ancillary services, such as voicemail, and equipment loss or maintenance protection services, as well as sells devices to resellers who lease or resell them to their subscribers. Its Spok Care Connect suite products for contact centers, clinical alerting and notification, mobile communications and messaging, and public safety notifications. In addition, the company provides professional, software license updates, and product support services, as well as sells third-party equipment. It serves businesses, professionals, management personnel, medical personnel, field sales personnel and service forces, members of the construction industry and construction trades, real estate brokers and developers, sales and services organizations, specialty trade organizations, manufacturing organizations, and government agencies. The company was formerly known as USA Mobility, Inc. and changed its name to Spok Holdings, Inc. in July 2014. Spok Holdings, Inc. was founded in 1986 and is headquartered in Alexandria, Virginia.