CNSL vs. CBB, ALSK, GTT, LUMN, IDT, ATNI, VZ, T, SHEN, and ATEX
Should you be buying Consolidated Communications stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Consolidated Communications include Cincinnati Bell (CBB), Alaska Communications Systems Group (ALSK), GTT Communications (GTT), Lumen Technologies (LUMN), IDT (IDT), ATN International (ATNI), Verizon Communications (VZ), AT&T (T), Shenandoah Telecommunications (SHEN), and Anterix (ATEX).
Cincinnati Bell (NYSE:CBB) and Consolidated Communications (NASDAQ:CNSL) are both small-cap utilities companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, community ranking, media sentiment, risk, profitability, earnings and institutional ownership.
Cincinnati Bell has a net margin of -1.32% compared to Cincinnati Bell's net margin of -22.42%. Consolidated Communications' return on equity of 0.00% beat Cincinnati Bell's return on equity.
Cincinnati Bell has higher revenue and earnings than Consolidated Communications. Consolidated Communications is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cincinnati Bell, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Cincinnati Bell had 1 more articles in the media than Consolidated Communications. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Cincinnati Bell and 3 mentions for Consolidated Communications. Cincinnati Bell's average media sentiment score of 1.22 beat Consolidated Communications' score of 0.67 indicating that Consolidated Communications is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
92.1% of Cincinnati Bell shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.0% of Consolidated Communications shares are held by institutional investors. 1.8% of Cincinnati Bell shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.5% of Consolidated Communications shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Consolidated Communications received 52 more outperform votes than Cincinnati Bell when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 52.52% of users gave Consolidated Communications an outperform vote while only 47.35% of users gave Cincinnati Bell an outperform vote.
Cincinnati Bell has a beta of 0.36, meaning that its stock price is 64% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Consolidated Communications has a beta of 1.14, meaning that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Cincinnati Bell beats Consolidated Communications on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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