SurgePays (NASDAQ:SURG – Get Free Report) and Telecom Argentina (NYSE:TEO – Get Free Report) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, profitability, institutional ownership and earnings.
Insider & Institutional Ownership
6.9% of SurgePays shares are owned by institutional investors. 29.4% of SurgePays shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Telecom Argentina shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Profitability
This table compares SurgePays and Telecom Argentina’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| SurgePays | 12.93% | 55.35% | 35.53% |
| Telecom Argentina | 0.42% | 0.30% | 0.14% |
Risk and Volatility
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares SurgePays and Telecom Argentina’s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| SurgePays | $137.14 million | 0.42 | $20.62 million | $1.15 | 2.60 |
| Telecom Argentina | $1,909.80 billion | 0.00 | -$979.37 million | $0.04 | 182.00 |
SurgePays has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Telecom Argentina. SurgePays is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Telecom Argentina, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations for SurgePays and Telecom Argentina, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| SurgePays | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2.50 |
| Telecom Argentina | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 |
SurgePays currently has a consensus price target of $9.50, suggesting a potential upside of 217.73%. Telecom Argentina has a consensus price target of $5.70, suggesting a potential downside of 21.70%. Given SurgePays’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe SurgePays is more favorable than Telecom Argentina.
Summary
SurgePays beats Telecom Argentina 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 Telecom Argentina
Telecom Argentina S.A., together with its subsidiaries, provides telecommunications services. The company offers mobile telecommunications services, including voice communications, high-speed mobile Internet content and applications download, online streaming, and other services; and sells mobile communication devices, such as handsets, Modems MiFi and wingles, and smart watches. It also internet connectivity products, including virtual private network services, traditional Internet protocol links, and other products; and programming and other cable television services. In addition, the company offers telephone services, including local, domestic, and international long-distance telephone services, as well as public telephone services; and other related supplementary services, such as call waiting, call forwarding, conference calls, caller ID, voice mail, itemized billing, and maintenance services. Further, it provides Infrastructure, interconnection, datacenter, Internet, value added, and international long-distance services; and data services, including data transmission, virtual private networks, symmetric Internet access, national and international signal transport, and videoconferencing services; Personal Pay, a digital wallet service; and management and administration services. The company was formerly known as Cablevisión S.A. and changed its name to Telecom Argentina S.A. in January 2018. Telecom Argentina S.A. was founded in 1979 and is based in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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