Head-To-Head Survey: SurgePays (NASDAQ:SURG) & Vodafone Group (NASDAQ:VOD)

Vodafone Group (NASDAQ:VOD) and SurgePays (NASDAQ:SURG) are both communication services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability and dividends.

Risk and Volatility

Vodafone Group has a beta of 0.45, suggesting that its share price is 55% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SurgePays has a beta of 0.42, suggesting that its share price is 58% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Vodafone Group and SurgePays”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Vodafone Group	$40.46 billion	0.87	-$460.44 million	N/A	N/A
SurgePays	$56.96 million	0.10	-$36.07 million	($1.94)	-0.12

SurgePays has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Vodafone Group.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and target prices for Vodafone Group and SurgePays, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Vodafone Group	3	4	2	0	1.89
SurgePays	2	0	1	0	1.67

Vodafone Group currently has a consensus price target of $10.57, indicating a potential downside of 30.99%. SurgePays has a consensus price target of $3.50, indicating a potential upside of 1,466.70%. Given SurgePays’ higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe SurgePays is more favorable than Vodafone Group.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

7.8% of Vodafone Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.9% of SurgePays shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Vodafone Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 29.1% of SurgePays shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Vodafone Group and SurgePays’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Vodafone Group	N/A	N/A	N/A
SurgePays	-64.91%	N/A	-310.16%

Summary

Vodafone Group beats SurgePays on 8 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Vodafone Group

Vodafone Group Public Limited Company provides telecommunication services in Europe and internationally. It offers mobile connectivity services comprising end-to-end services for mobile voice and data, messaging, device management, BYOx, and telecoms management, as well as professional and consulting services; and fixed line connectivity, such as fixed voice and data, broadband, software-defined networks, managed WAN, LAN, ethernet, and satellite; and financial services, as well as business and merchant services. The company also provides consumer Internet of Things (IoT) propositions, as well as security and insurance products; mobile services; logistics, fleet management, and smart metering services; WiFi; digital services comprising mobile application development, multi-access edge computing, worker insights, AI assistant, drone detection, visual inspection, and mixed reality, as well as Vodafone Analytics platform; and traditional IT hosting services, including colocation, managed hosting, security, hosting infrastructure, and flexible computing for government. In addition, it offers integrated business communication services, as well as fixed mobile convergence services; and carrier services, as well as IoT devices comprising managed tablets and integrated terminals. Further, it offers M-Pesa, an African mobile money platform to make payments and provide financial services; Vodafone Business multi-cloud platform; and productivity solutions, as well as operates digital cloud-based television platforms. It serves private and public sector customers in the manufacturing, retail, automotive, banking finance, healthcare, smart cities and public, agriculture, transport and logistics, and energy and utilities management industries. It offers its products and services through digital and physical channels. Vodafone Group Public Limited Company has a strategic partnership with Open Fiber. The company was incorporated in 1984 and is based in Newbury, the United Kingdom.

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.