Head-To-Head Analysis: Sound Group (SOGP) vs. The Competition

Sound Group (NASDAQ:SOGP) is one of 184 public companies in the “Entertainment” industry, but how does it compare to its competitors? We will compare Sound Group to similar businesses based on the strength of its institutional ownership, risk, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends and valuation.

Risk and Volatility

Sound Group has a beta of 2.55, indicating that its share price is 155% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sound Group’s competitors have a beta of 1.00, indicating that their average share price is 0% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings and Valuation

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Sound Group	$443.69 million	$32.39 million	-6.64
Sound Group Competitors	$10.37 billion	$73.91 million	14.45

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.

Analyst Recommendations

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

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Sound Group	0	1	0	0	2.00
Sound Group Competitors	1876	4505	9616	255	2.51

As a group, “Entertainment” companies have a potential upside of 18.23%. Given Sound Group’s competitors stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Sound Group has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

1.6% of Sound Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 36.3% of shares of all “Entertainment” companies are held by institutional investors. 25.2% of Sound Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 23.9% of shares of all “Entertainment” companies 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.

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	N/A	N/A	N/A
Sound Group Competitors	11.03%	-22.66%	-2.43%

Summary

Sound Group competitors beat Sound Group on 9 of the 13 factors compared.

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.