Sound Group (SOGP) & Its Competitors Critical Comparison

Sound Group (NASDAQ:SOGP) is one of 114 publicly-traded companies in the “Computer programming, data processing, & other computer related” industry, but how does it compare to its peers? We will compare Sound Group to similar businesses based on the strength of its analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, valuation, risk, institutional ownership and profitability.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings and price targets for Sound Group and its peers, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Sound Group	0	0	0	0	N/A
Sound Group Competitors	1036	4420	10154	288	2.61

As a group, “Computer programming, data processing, & other computer related” companies have a potential upside of 16.76%. Given Sound Group’s peers higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Sound Group has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Sound Group and its peers top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Sound Group	$316.83 million	$12.54 million	3.07
Sound Group Competitors	$9.02 billion	$1.93 billion	51.72

Sound Group’s peers have higher revenue and earnings than Sound Group. Sound Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Profitability

This table compares Sound Group and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Sound Group	1.69%	8.71%	4.96%
Sound Group Competitors	-154.86%	-42.17%	-8.83%

Volatility & Risk

Sound Group has a beta of 1.71, suggesting that its stock price is 71% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sound Group’s peers have a beta of 1.39, suggesting that their average stock price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

1.6% of Sound Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 51.8% of shares of all “Computer programming, data processing, & other computer related” companies are held by institutional investors. 25.2% of Sound Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 16.8% of shares of all “Computer programming, data processing, & other computer related” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Sound Group Company Profile

Sound Group Inc. operates as an audio-centric social and entertainment company. It focuses on building audio platform to connect and communicate. The company, through its product portfolio and in-house technologies, caters to user interest in audio entertainment and social networking. The company was formerly known as LIZHI INC. and changed its name to Sound Group Inc. in January 2024. Sound Group Inc. was founded in 2010 and is based in Singapore.