Both in Telecommunications

Spok Holdings vs Cogent Communications Holdings

Over the past year SPOK returned −13.7% and CCOI returned −85.5%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.07.

SPOK −13.7% CCOI −85.5%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricSPOKCCOI
Price$12.00$5.91
Market cap$251.2M$302.7M
Today−0.66%−2.31%
1 month+9.4%−33.4%
6 months+10.4%−67.3%
Year to date−9.0%−72.6%
1 year−16.0%−85.7%
Revenue growth (YoY)−2.6%−4.3%
Gross margin79.7%46.9%
Net margin29.4%28.3%
P/E (TTM)13.4×—
Price / sales1.9×0.3×
Net cash$30.1M-$2.14B
Dividend yield10.42%1.35%
Volatility (60d)38.7%85.0%
Short % of float3.4%14.5%
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Shading marks the stronger figure where one clearly exists (lower is better for valuation and volatility).