Financial Contrast: Telkom SA SOC (OTCMKTS:TLKGY) & Charge Enterprises (NASDAQ:CRGE)

Charge Enterprises (NASDAQ:CRGE) and Telkom SA SOC (OTCMKTS:TLKGY) are both communication services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations and valuation.

Volatility & Risk

Charge Enterprises has a beta of 2.49, meaning that its share price is 149% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Telkom SA SOC has a beta of 0.77, meaning that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Charge Enterprises and Telkom SA SOC’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Charge Enterprises	-5.76%	-136.79%	-20.11%
Telkom SA SOC	N/A	N/A	N/A

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Charge Enterprises and Telkom SA SOC’s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Charge Enterprises	$641.37 million	0.40	-$30.35 million	($0.20)	-6.00
Telkom SA SOC	$2.88 billion	N/A	$177.26 million	N/A	N/A

Telkom SA SOC has higher revenue and earnings than Charge Enterprises.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

21.2% of Charge Enterprises shares are held by institutional investors. 25.2% of Charge Enterprises shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and target prices for Charge Enterprises and Telkom SA SOC, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Charge Enterprises	0	1	1	0	2.50
Telkom SA SOC	0	1	0	0	2.00

Charge Enterprises presently has a consensus target price of $4.50, suggesting a potential upside of 275.00%. Given Charge Enterprises’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Charge Enterprises is more favorable than Telkom SA SOC.

Summary

Charge Enterprises beats Telkom SA SOC on 6 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Charge Enterprises

Charge Enterprises Inc. operates as an electrical, broadband, and electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure company. The company provides clients with end-to-end project management services, including advising, designing, engineering, acquiring and installing equipment, monitoring, servicing, and maintenance. It operates in two segments, Infrastructure and Telecommunications. The Infrastructure segment offers broadband and wireless, electrical contracting, electric vehicle charging, and fleet services. The Telecommunications segment provides internet-protocol-based and time-division multiplexing access for transport of long-distance voice and data minutes; domestic switching and related peripheral equipment services, and carrier-grade routers and switches for internet and circuit-based services, as well as connection of voice calls and data services. The company was formerly known as TransWorld Holdings Inc and changed its name to Charge Enterprises, Inc. in January 2021. Charge Enterprises, Inc. was incorporated in 2003 and is based in New York, New York. On March 7, 2024, Charge Enterprises, Inc. filed a voluntary petition for reorganization under Chapter 11 in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.

About Telkom SA SOC

Telkom SA SOC Ltd provides integrated communications and information technology (IT) services to residential, business, government, wholesale, and corporate customers in South Africa, the United States, the United Kingdom, rest of Europe, and internationally. It operates through Openserve, Telkom Consumer, BCX, Gyro, and Other segments. The company offers mobile and fixed-line telecommunication services, including broadband, optical and carrier, business-to-business connectivity, interconnect-based, broadband data, voice, content, and gaming solutions; and small and medium entity information, communication, and technology services, as well as business mobility, global telecommunication, converged communication, customer premises equipment, and internet and value-added services. It also provides cloud computing, unified communications and collaboration, security, big data analytics, and mobility solutions; enterprise and applications solutions, IT managed services and infrastructure, and cloud solutions; digital and social media advertising; and e-commerce services. The company was incorporated in 1991 and is headquartered in Centurion, South Africa.