TALK vs. USPH, PNTG, INNV, WGS, SHCR, DCGO, PIII, EUDA, ATPC, and UPHL
Should you be buying Talkspace stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Talkspace include U.S. Physical Therapy (USPH), The Pennant Group (PNTG), InnovAge (INNV), GeneDx (WGS), Sharecare (SHCR), DocGo (DCGO), P3 Health Partners (PIII), EUDA Health (EUDA), Agape ATP (ATPC), and UpHealth (UPHL). These companies are all part of the "health services" industry.
U.S. Physical Therapy (NYSE:USPH) and Talkspace (NASDAQ:TALK) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, risk, media sentiment and earnings.
U.S. Physical Therapy has a beta of 1.39, indicating that its share price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Talkspace has a beta of 1.29, indicating that its share price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500.
U.S. Physical Therapy has higher revenue and earnings than Talkspace. Talkspace is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than U.S. Physical Therapy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, U.S. Physical Therapy had 1 more articles in the media than Talkspace. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for U.S. Physical Therapy and 10 mentions for Talkspace. Talkspace's average media sentiment score of 0.68 beat U.S. Physical Therapy's score of 0.11 indicating that U.S. Physical Therapy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
U.S. Physical Therapy currently has a consensus target price of $125.67, indicating a potential upside of 22.52%. Talkspace has a consensus target price of $3.00, indicating a potential upside of 14.50%. Given Talkspace's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe U.S. Physical Therapy is more favorable than Talkspace.
U.S. Physical Therapy has a net margin of 4.72% compared to U.S. Physical Therapy's net margin of -7.33%. Talkspace's return on equity of 8.03% beat U.S. Physical Therapy's return on equity.
U.S. Physical Therapy received 247 more outperform votes than Talkspace when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 56.14% of users gave U.S. Physical Therapy an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave Talkspace an outperform vote.
57.4% of Talkspace shares are held by institutional investors. 1.7% of U.S. Physical Therapy shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 18.4% of Talkspace shares are held 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.
Summary
U.S. Physical Therapy beats Talkspace on 15 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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