Head to Head Review: Talkspace (NASDAQ:TALK) vs. Bullfrog AI (NASDAQ:BFRG)

Bullfrog AI (NASDAQ:BFRG) and Talkspace (NASDAQ:TALK) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, earnings and dividends.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings and recommmendations for Bullfrog AI and Talkspace, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Bullfrog AI	1	0	0	0	1.00
Talkspace	0	3	4	0	2.57

Talkspace has a consensus target price of $5.13, indicating a potential upside of 7.67%. Given Talkspace’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Talkspace is more favorable than Bullfrog AI.

Profitability

This table compares Bullfrog AI and Talkspace’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Bullfrog AI	N/A	-218.25%	-177.11%
Talkspace	3.40%	6.97%	5.90%

Insider & Institutional Ownership

1.0% of Bullfrog AI shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 57.4% of Talkspace shares are owned by institutional investors. 25.2% of Bullfrog AI shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 23.5% of Talkspace 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.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Bullfrog AI and Talkspace”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Bullfrog AI	$60,000.00	113.04	-$6.99 million	($0.69)	-0.86
Talkspace	$228.87 million	3.45	$7.79 million	$0.05	95.20

Talkspace has higher revenue and earnings than Bullfrog AI. Bullfrog AI is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Talkspace, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Volatility & Risk

Bullfrog AI has a beta of 0.69, suggesting that its stock price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Talkspace has a beta of 1.18, suggesting that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Talkspace beats Bullfrog AI on 12 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Bullfrog AI

Bullfrog AI Holdings, Inc., through its subsidiaries, operates as a digital biopharmaceutical company that focuses on artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML) driven analysis of data sets in medicine and healthcare in the United States. The company offers bfLEAP, an analytical AI/ML platform for the analysis of preclinical and/or clinical data. It also has licensing agreements with George Washington University for rights to use siRNA targeting Beta2-spectrin in the treatment of human diseases, including hepatocellular carcinoma, obesity, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, and non-alcoholic steatohepatitis; and Johns Hopkins University for the use of a formulation of Mebendazole for the treatment of glioblastoma, and human cancer or neoplastic disease. The company was founded in 2017 and is based in Gaithersburg, Maryland.

About Talkspace

Talkspace, Inc. operates as a virtual behavioral healthcare company in the United States. The company offers psychotherapy and psychiatry services through its platform to individuals, enterprises, and health plans and employee assistance programs. It provides text, audio, and video-based psychotherapy from licensed therapists. The company offers Talkspace Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and Talkspace Behavioral Health plan (BH) that provides online therapy to members through BH and EAP offerings; and Talkspace for Business for members to access its platform services on a benefit plan paid by the enterprise. It serves its platform through third-party platforms or marketplace, such as Apple App Store and Google Play App Store. Talkspace, Inc. was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in New York, New York.