Head-To-Head Review: SurgePays (NASDAQ:SURG) & Public Joint Stock Company Rostelecom (OTCMKTS:ROSYY)

SurgePays (NASDAQ:SURG) and Public Joint Stock Company Rostelecom (OTCMKTS:ROSYY) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, earnings and analyst recommendations.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for SurgePays and Public Joint Stock Company Rostelecom, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
SurgePays	0	1	1	0	2.50
Public Joint Stock Company Rostelecom	0	0	0	0	N/A

SurgePays presently has a consensus target price of $10.00, indicating a potential upside of 161.78%. Given SurgePays’ higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe SurgePays is more favorable than Public Joint Stock Company Rostelecom.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares SurgePays and Public Joint Stock Company Rostelecom’s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
SurgePays	$137.14 million	0.54	$20.62 million	$1.39	2.75
Public Joint Stock Company Rostelecom	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

SurgePays has higher revenue and earnings than Public Joint Stock Company Rostelecom.

Profitability

This table compares SurgePays and Public Joint Stock Company Rostelecom’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
SurgePays	15.03%	104.66%	49.78%
Public Joint Stock Company Rostelecom	N/A	N/A	N/A

Insider & Institutional Ownership

6.9% of SurgePays shares are held by institutional investors. 29.4% of SurgePays shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Risk & Volatility

SurgePays has a beta of 1.11, suggesting that its stock price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Public Joint Stock Company Rostelecom has a beta of 0.58, suggesting that its stock price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

SurgePays beats Public Joint Stock Company Rostelecom on 9 of the 9 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 Public Joint Stock Company Rostelecom

Public Joint Stock Company Rostelecom provides digital services and solutions in Russia. The company provides Rostelecom Key, a service for households that offers smart intercom and online telemetry of resource meters; Pay TV; Wink, a digital video services; and smart home services, as well as video surveillance platform. It also offers Kapsula, a smart speaker; submarine cables; maintenance and recreational; engineering design; data and data storage; and telecommunication and IT consulting services. In addition, the company engages in leasing of equipment; communication equipment; manufacturing, retail, real estate, and venture and pension fund activities. Further, it provides solutions for electronic government, cybersecurity, data center and cloud-based services, biometrics, healthcare, education, house maintenance, and utility services. The company was incorporated in 1993 and is headquartered in Moscow, Russia.