CoreWeave (NASDAQ:CRWV) & SurgePays (NASDAQ:SURG) Financial Analysis

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

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and price targets for SurgePays and CoreWeave, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
SurgePays	1	0	1	0	2.00
CoreWeave	3	11	16	2	2.53

SurgePays presently has a consensus price target of $9.50, suggesting a potential upside of 294.19%. CoreWeave has a consensus price target of $129.71, suggesting a potential upside of 24.71%. Given SurgePays’ higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe SurgePays is more favorable than CoreWeave.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares SurgePays and CoreWeave”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
SurgePays	$60.88 million	0.81	-$45.73 million	($2.49)	-0.97
CoreWeave	N/A	N/A	N/A	($1.14)	-91.24

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

Institutional & Insider Ownership

6.9% of SurgePays shares are held by institutional investors. 30.5% of SurgePays shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
SurgePays	-133.85%	-333.87%	-195.36%
CoreWeave	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

CoreWeave beats SurgePays on 7 of the 12 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 CoreWeave

CoreWeave, Inc. engages in the powers of the creation and delivery of the intelligence that drives innovation. It offers a solution used by organizations of all sizes that require sophisticated AI computing, from the largest of enterprises to small, well-funded start-ups. The company was founded by Michael Intrator, Brian Venturo, and Brannin McBee on September 21, 2017 and is headquartered in Livingston, NJ.