HubSpot (NYSE:HUBS) and SurgePays (NASDAQ:SURG) Head-To-Head Survey

SurgePays (NASDAQ:SURG) and HubSpot (NYSE:HUBS) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, risk and dividends.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares SurgePays and HubSpot”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
SurgePays	$56.96 million	0.24	-$36.07 million	($1.81)	-0.30
HubSpot	$3.13 billion	3.76	$45.91 million	$0.87	256.85

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

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and price targets for SurgePays and HubSpot, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
SurgePays	1	1	1	0	2.00
HubSpot	1	2	25	0	2.86

SurgePays presently has a consensus target price of $5.00, indicating a potential upside of 810.75%. HubSpot has a consensus target price of $399.89, indicating a potential upside of 78.95%. Given SurgePays’ higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe SurgePays is more favorable than HubSpot.

Profitability

This table compares SurgePays and HubSpot’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%
HubSpot	1.47%	3.64%	1.95%

Institutional & Insider Ownership

6.9% of SurgePays shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.4% of HubSpot shares are owned by institutional investors. 30.5% of SurgePays shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.0% of HubSpot shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Risk & Volatility

SurgePays has a beta of 0.54, indicating that its stock price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HubSpot has a beta of 1.44, indicating that its stock price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

HubSpot 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 HubSpot

HubSpot, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides a cloud-based customer relationship management (CRM) platform for businesses in the Americas, Europe, and the Asia Pacific. The company's CRM platform includes Marketing Hub, a toolset for marketing automation and email, social media, SEO, and reporting and analytics; Sales Hub offers email templates and tracking, conversations and live chat, meeting and call scheduling, lead and website visit alerts, lead scoring, sales automation, pipeline management, quoting, forecasting, and reporting; Service Hub, a service software designed to help businesses manage, respond, and connect with customers; and Content Management Systems Hub enables businesses to create new and edit existing web content. It offers Operations Hub, which is designed to unify customer data, automate business processes, data cleanup, and provide customer insights and connections; and Commerce Hub, a B2B commerce suite. In addition, the company provides professional services to educate and train customers on how to utilize its CRM platform; and customer success, as well as phone and/or email and chat-based support services. It serves mid-market business-to-business companies. The company was incorporated in 2005 and is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts.