SHEN vs. CBB, ATNI, TDS, BB, SPOK, CCI, SBAC, USM, LUMN, and IDT
Should you be buying Shenandoah Telecommunications stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Shenandoah Telecommunications include Cincinnati Bell (CBB), ATN International (ATNI), Telephone and Data Systems (TDS), BlackBerry (BB), Spok (SPOK), Crown Castle (CCI), SBA Communications (SBAC), United States Cellular (USM), Lumen Technologies (LUMN), and IDT (IDT).
Shenandoah Telecommunications (NASDAQ:SHEN) and Cincinnati Bell (NYSE:CBB) are both small-cap utilities companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, risk, media sentiment, dividends and profitability.
Shenandoah Telecommunications has a beta of 0.61, suggesting that its share price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cincinnati Bell has a beta of 0.36, suggesting that its share price is 64% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Shenandoah Telecommunications has a net margin of 77.44% compared to Cincinnati Bell's net margin of -1.32%. Shenandoah Telecommunications' return on equity of 0.27% beat Cincinnati Bell's return on equity.
Shenandoah Telecommunications has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Cincinnati Bell. Cincinnati Bell is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Shenandoah Telecommunications, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Shenandoah Telecommunications received 183 more outperform votes than Cincinnati Bell when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.76% of users gave Shenandoah Telecommunications an outperform vote while only 47.35% of users gave Cincinnati Bell an outperform vote.
Shenandoah Telecommunications presently has a consensus target price of $25.00, suggesting a potential upside of 32.91%.
62.0% of Shenandoah Telecommunications shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.1% of Cincinnati Bell shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.4% of Shenandoah Telecommunications shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of Cincinnati Bell shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Shenandoah Telecommunications had 1 more articles in the media than Cincinnati Bell. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Shenandoah Telecommunications and 4 mentions for Cincinnati Bell. Shenandoah Telecommunications' average media sentiment score of 0.87 beat Cincinnati Bell's score of 0.67 indicating that Shenandoah Telecommunications is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Shenandoah Telecommunications beats Cincinnati Bell on 13 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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