Reviewing Sound Group (SOGP) and Its Competitors

Sound Group (NASDAQ:SOGP) is one of 112 public companies in the “Computer programming, data processing, & other computer related” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its competitors? We will compare Sound Group to related businesses based on the strength of its risk, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation and earnings.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Sound Group and its competitors gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Sound Group	$316.83 million	$12.54 million	2.86
Sound Group Competitors	$8.98 billion	$1.96 billion	45.53

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

Profitability

This table compares Sound Group and its competitors’ 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	-156.10%	-40.51%	-8.18%

Risk and Volatility

Sound Group has a beta of 1.71, meaning that its stock price is 71% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sound Group’s competitors have a beta of 1.27, meaning that their average stock price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

1.6% of Sound Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 50.8% of shares of all “Computer programming, data processing, & other computer related” companies are held by institutional investors. 25.2% of Sound Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 17.1% of shares of all “Computer programming, data processing, & other computer related” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for Sound Group and its competitors, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Sound Group	0	0	0	0	N/A
Sound Group Competitors	985	4296	9994	289	2.62

As a group, “Computer programming, data processing, & other computer related” companies have a potential upside of 19.58%. Given Sound Group’s competitors higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Sound Group has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

About Sound Group

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.