Head to Head Survey: BCE (NYSE:BCE) vs. SurgePays (NASDAQ:SURG)

SurgePays (NASDAQ:SURG) and BCE (NYSE:BCE) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, risk, profitability and dividends.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

6.9% of SurgePays shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.5% of BCE shares are held by institutional investors. 29.4% of SurgePays shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of BCE shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares SurgePays and BCE’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
SurgePays	-27.39%	-55.63%	-43.61%
BCE	0.99%	17.89%	3.88%

Volatility and Risk

SurgePays has a beta of 1.03, indicating that its share price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BCE has a beta of 0.57, indicating that its share price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for SurgePays and BCE, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
SurgePays	0	0	1	0	3.00
BCE	4	7	1	1	1.92

SurgePays presently has a consensus price target of $8.50, indicating a potential upside of 289.91%. BCE has a consensus price target of $40.00, indicating a potential upside of 72.76%. Given SurgePays’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe SurgePays is more favorable than BCE.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares SurgePays and BCE”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
SurgePays	$60.88 million	0.72	$20.62 million	($2.34)	-0.93
BCE	$24.41 billion	0.87	$251.08 million	$0.12	192.94

BCE has higher revenue and earnings than SurgePays. SurgePays is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BCE, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Summary

BCE beats SurgePays on 10 of the 14 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 BCE

BCE Inc., a communications company, provides wireless, wireline, Internet, and television (TV) services to residential, business, and wholesale customers in Canada. The company operates through two segments, Bell Communication and Technology Services, and Bell Media. The Bell Communication and Technology Services segment provides wireless products and services including mobile data and voice plans and devices; wireline products and services comprising data, including internet access, internet protocol television, cloud-based services, and business solutions, as well as voice, and other communication services and products; and satellite TV and connectivity services for residential, small and medium-sized business, government, and large enterprise customers. This segment also buys and sells local telephone, long distance, and data and other services from or to resellers and other carriers; and operates consumer electronics retail stores. The Bell Media segment provides conventional TV, specialty TV, pay TV, streaming services, digital media services, radio broadcasting services, and out-of-home advertising services. BCE Inc. was founded in 1880 and is headquartered in Verdun, Canada.