Sound Group (SOGP) vs. Its Competitors Head to Head Analysis

Sound Group (NASDAQ:SOGP) is one of 108 public companies in the “Computer programming, data processing, & other computer related” industry, but how does it contrast to its rivals? We will compare Sound Group to related companies based on the strength of its earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation and risk.

Profitability

This table compares Sound Group and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Sound Group	1.69%	8.71%	4.96%
Sound Group Competitors	-165.22%	-42.93%	-8.65%

Risk and Volatility

Sound Group has a beta of 1.71, meaning that its share price is 71% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sound Group’s rivals have a beta of 1.41, meaning that their average share price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current recommendations and price targets for Sound Group and its rivals, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Sound Group	0	0	0	0	N/A
Sound Group Competitors	974	4083	9082	249	2.60

As a group, “Computer programming, data processing, & other computer related” companies have a potential upside of 13.14%. Given Sound Group’s rivals higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Sound Group has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

1.6% of Sound Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 50.8% of shares of all “Computer programming, data processing, & other computer related” companies are owned by institutional investors. 25.2% of Sound Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 15.9% of shares of all “Computer programming, data processing, & other computer related” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Sound Group and its rivals top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Sound Group	$316.83 million	$12.54 million	3.37
Sound Group Competitors	$9.22 billion	$2.05 billion	47.19

Sound Group’s rivals have higher revenue and earnings than Sound Group. Sound Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its rivals, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Sound Group Company Profile

Sound Group Inc. operates as an audio-centric social and entertainment company. It focuses on building audio platform to connect and communicate. The company, through its product portfolio and in-house technologies, caters to user interest in audio entertainment and social networking. The company was formerly known as LIZHI INC. and changed its name to Sound Group Inc. in January 2024. Sound Group Inc. was founded in 2010 and is based in Singapore.