Spok vs SurgePays
SPOK and SURG side by side, both in telephone communications. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How SPOK and SURG compare
Spok is the larger company, worth 33 times as much as SurgePays ($244M against $7.5M).
Spok keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 13.9% compared with −47.9% at SurgePays.
Spok pays a dividend yielding 10.7%; SurgePays does not pay one.
Spok scores higher on the StockData Score (18 against 1 for SurgePays), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | SPOK | SURG |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $244M | $7.5M |
| Share price | $11.67 | $0.141 |
| Change, 1 year | −16.3% | −94.2% |
| Change, 5 years | 19.4% | −93.9% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.40 | 0.61 |
| Employees | 596 | 30 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 18 (better) | 1 |
| Valuation score | 4 (better) | 1 |
| Growth score | 1 (better) | 0 |
| Performance score | 4 (better) | 0 |
| Health score | 6 (better) | 0 |
| Dividend score | 3 (better) | 0 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 13.1× | – |
| P/S | 1.8× | 0.1× (better) |
| P/B | 1.7× | – |
| EV/EBITDA | 10.1× | – |
| P/FCF | 8.1× | – |
| FCF yield | 12.3% | – |
| Fair value | $13.01 | – |
| Margin of safety | 10.3% | – |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | −3.3% | – |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | −1.2% | 0.92% (better) |
| Net income growth (TTM) | 13.0% | – |
| EPS growth (TTM) | 11.3% | – |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 78.6% (better) | −19.6% |
| Operating margin | 12.9% (better) | −41.0% |
| Net margin | 13.9% (better) | −47.9% |
| FCF margin | 22.3% | – |
| Return on equity | 12.8% | – |
| Return on invested capital | 10.5% | – |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.00 | – |
| Interest coverage | – | −15.3× |
| Current ratio | 1.29 (better) | 0.19 |
| Altman Z-score | 4.02 (better) | −21.51 |
| Piotroski F-score | 6 (better) | 3 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 10.7% | – |
| Payout ratio | 146% | – |
| Years of dividend growth | 0 | – |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | 20.1% | – |
| Shareholder yield | 10.7% (better) | 0.00% |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 51.7% | 4.4% |
| Held by insiders | 8.0% | 9.2% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$152K | $83.0K (better) |
| Short interest, % of float | 3.4% | 9.1% |
Go deeper
- SPOK stock overview
- SPOK income statement
- SPOK valuation and score
- SURG stock overview
- SURG income statement
- SURG valuation and score
For information only, not investment advice. Check the source filings before relying on any figure.