SurgePays (NASDAQ:SURG) versus Tower One Wirls (OTCMKTS:TOWTF) Critical Contrast

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

Volatility & Risk

Tower One Wirls has a beta of -0.02, indicating that its share price is 102% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SurgePays has a beta of 0.42, indicating that its share price is 58% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation & Earnings

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

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Tower One Wirls	N/A	N/A	N/A	($0.01)	N/A
SurgePays	$67.06 million	0.06	-$36.07 million	($1.53)	-0.11

Tower One Wirls has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.

Profitability

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

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

Institutional & Insider Ownership

6.9% of SurgePays shares are held by institutional investors. 32.0% of Tower One Wirls shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 29.1% of SurgePays shares are held by company 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.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings for Tower One Wirls and SurgePays, as reported by MarketBeat.

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

SurgePays has a consensus target price of $3.50, indicating a potential upside of 1,984.57%. Given SurgePays’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe SurgePays is more favorable than Tower One Wirls.

Summary

SurgePays beats Tower One Wirls on 6 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

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.

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.