Paltalk (PALT) Competitors

SPAR Group (NASDAQ:SGRP) and Paltalk (NASDAQ:PALT) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk, earnings and community ranking.

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in SGRP or PALT?

9.6% of SPAR Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 3.9% of Paltalk shares are held by institutional investors. 59.7% of SPAR Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 15.5% of Paltalk shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is SGRP or PALT more profitable?

SPAR Group has a net margin of 1.48% compared to SPAR Group's net margin of -7.45%. Paltalk's return on equity of 12.89% beat SPAR Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
SPAR Group	1.48%	12.89%	5.51%
Paltalk	-7.45%	-4.07%	-3.45%

Does the media prefer SGRP or PALT?

In the previous week, Paltalk had 1 more articles in the media than SPAR Group. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Paltalk and 6 mentions for SPAR Group. Paltalk's average media sentiment score of 0.47 beat SPAR Group's score of 0.30 indicating that SPAR Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
SPAR Group	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Paltalk	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, SGRP or PALT?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
SPAR Group	$262.75M	0.16	$3.90M	$0.17	10.32
Paltalk	$10.98M	2.64	-$1.07M	-$0.09	-34.89

Which has more risk and volatility, SGRP or PALT?

SPAR Group has a beta of 0.41, suggesting that its share price is 59% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Paltalk has a beta of 0.76, suggesting that its share price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor SGRP or PALT?

SPAR Group received 126 more outperform votes than Paltalk when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.49% of users gave SPAR Group an outperform vote while only 37.50% of users gave Paltalk an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
SPAR Group	Outperform Votes 129 70.49%	Underperform Votes 54 29.51%
Paltalk	Outperform Votes 3 37.50%	Underperform Votes 5 62.50%

Do analysts rate SGRP or PALT?

Paltalk has a consensus target price of $4.50, indicating a potential upside of 43.31%. Given SPAR Group's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Paltalk is more favorable than SPAR Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
SPAR Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Paltalk	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Summary

SPAR Group beats Paltalk on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.