SurgePays (NASDAQ:SURG – Get Free Report) and AvePoint (NASDAQ:AVPT – Get Free Report) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability and risk.
Profitability
This table compares SurgePays and AvePoint’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| SurgePays | -63.32% | -967.32% | -241.91% |
| AvePoint | 8.34% | 8.19% | 5.06% |
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of recent ratings and price targets for SurgePays and AvePoint, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| SurgePays | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2.00 |
| AvePoint | 0 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 2.63 |
Volatility and Risk
SurgePays has a beta of 0.54, indicating that its share price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AvePoint has a beta of 1.2, indicating that its share price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Institutional and Insider Ownership
6.9% of SurgePays shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 44.5% of AvePoint shares are held by institutional investors. 30.5% of SurgePays shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 22.7% of AvePoint shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares SurgePays and AvePoint”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| SurgePays | $56.96 million | 0.32 | -$36.07 million | ($1.81) | -0.40 |
| AvePoint | $419.50 million | 5.17 | $34.80 million | $0.16 | 62.88 |
AvePoint has higher revenue and earnings than SurgePays. SurgePays is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AvePoint, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
AvePoint beats SurgePays on 12 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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.
About AvePoint
AvePoint, Inc. provides cloud-native data management software platform in North America, Europe, Middle East, Africa, and Asia Pacific. It also offers software-as-a-service solutions and productivity applications. The company offers modularity and cloud services architecture to address critical challenges and the management of data to organizations that leverage third-party cloud vendors, including Microsoft, Salesforce, Google, AWS, Box, DropBox, and others; license and support; and maintenance services. AvePoint, Inc. was incorporated in 2001 and is headquartered in Jersey City, New Jersey.
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