SurgePays (NASDAQ:SURG) and Tower One Wirls (OTCMKTS:TOWTF) Financial Contrast

SurgePays (NASDAQ:SURG) and Tower One Wirls (OTCMKTS:TOWTF) are both communication services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and dividends.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for SurgePays and Tower One Wirls, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
SurgePays	1	1	1	0	2.00
Tower One Wirls	0	0	0	0	0.00

SurgePays presently has a consensus price target of $3.50, suggesting a potential upside of 2,007.16%. Given SurgePays’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe SurgePays is more favorable than Tower One Wirls.

Risk and Volatility

SurgePays has a beta of 0.39, meaning that its stock price is 61% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tower One Wirls has a beta of -0.01, meaning that its stock price is 101% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares SurgePays and Tower One Wirls”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
SurgePays	$56.96 million	0.15	-$36.07 million	($1.53)	-0.11
Tower One Wirls	N/A	N/A	N/A	($0.01)	N/A

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

Institutional and Insider Ownership

6.9% of SurgePays shares are owned by institutional investors. 29.1% of SurgePays shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 32.0% of Tower One Wirls shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares SurgePays and Tower One Wirls’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
SurgePays	-47.89%	N/A	-274.37%
Tower One Wirls	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

SurgePays beats Tower One Wirls on 6 of the 10 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 Tower One Wirls

Tower One Wireless Corp. owns, develops, and operates build-to-suit multitenant communications towers in Argentina, Colombia, Mexico, the United States, and internationally. It primarily engages in the leasing of space on communications sites to mobile network operators. The company also provides tower-related services, including site acquisition, zoning and permitting, structural analysis, and construction. Tower One Wireless Corp. was incorporated in 2005 and is headquartered in Bogotá, Colombia.