iQSTEL Inc. (IQST) vs SurgePays, Inc. (SURG)

iQSTEL Inc. and SurgePays, Inc. are both Telecom Services companies. iQSTEL Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $11.9M against $7.9M — 1.5× the size. SurgePays, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 83.9% against 39.3%. iQSTEL Inc. has the higher net margin (−2.63% vs −47.9%) and the lower return on invested capital (−17.9% vs 0.00%). Across the 17 metrics below, iQSTEL Inc. leads on 12 and SurgePays, Inc. on 5.

Valuation

Metric IQST SURG Telecom Services median
P/E n/m n/m 13.27
P/S 0.02 0.06 0.95
P/B 0.40 n/m 1.47
Price to free cash flow n/m n/m 8.72
EV/EBITDA n/m n/m 6.85
EV/Sales 0.02 0.09 1.87
Earnings yield (226.26%) (1,020.00%) 1.66%
Free cash flow yield (60.45%) (409.65%) 5.53%

Profitability

Metric IQST SURG Telecom Services median
Gross margin 2.66% (19.56%) 51.26%
Operating margin (1.29%) (41.00%) 7.62%
Net margin (2.63%) (47.89%) 4.22%
Free cash flow margin (0.99%) (22.95%) 4.73%
Return on equity (65.83%) 310.46% 5.80%
Return on assets (20.80%) (262.65%) 0.00%
Return on invested capital (17.90%) 0.00% 3.41%

Growth

Metric IQST SURG Telecom Services median
Revenue growth (TTM) 39.25% 83.91% 3.31%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (27.76%) 24.69% —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 47.81% 0.92% 1.50%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric IQST SURG Telecom Services median
Debt to equity 0.15 (0.18) 0.63
Current ratio 1.09 0.19 1.13
Net debt to EBITDA (0.64) (0.12) 1.86

Dividend

Metric IQST SURG Telecom Services median
Dividend yield — — 4.06%
Payout ratio — 0.00 0.00

Size

Metric IQST SURG Telecom Services median
Market cap 11.90m 7.91m 3.06b

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