Head to Head Analysis: Tower One Wirls (OTCMKTS:TOWTF) versus SurgePays (NASDAQ:SURG)

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

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current recommendations and price targets for SurgePays and Tower One Wirls, as provided by MarketBeat.

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

Volatility and Risk

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

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

Insider & Institutional Ownership

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

Earnings and Valuation

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

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
SurgePays	$67.06 million	0.06	-$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.

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.