Lumen Technologies (LUMN) Competitors

Lumen Technologies (NYSE:LUMN) and IDT (NYSE:IDT) are both business services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, valuation, profitability, community ranking, dividends, risk and analyst recommendations.

Which has more risk & volatility, LUMN or IDT?

Lumen Technologies has a beta of 1.18, indicating that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, IDT has a beta of 0.79, indicating that its stock price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, LUMN or IDT?

IDT has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Lumen Technologies. Lumen Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than IDT, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Lumen Technologies	$13.72B	0.49	-$10.30B	-$10.93	-0.61
IDT	$1.20B	0.82	$40.49M	$1.40	27.92

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in LUMN or IDT?

66.2% of Lumen Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.3% of IDT shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.7% of Lumen Technologies shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 15.0% of IDT shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is LUMN or IDT more profitable?

IDT has a net margin of 2.97% compared to Lumen Technologies' net margin of -15.06%. IDT's return on equity of 18.56% beat Lumen Technologies' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Lumen Technologies	-15.06%	-18.52%	-0.49%
IDT	2.97%	18.56%	7.70%

Do analysts rate LUMN or IDT?

Lumen Technologies currently has a consensus price target of $4.02, indicating a potential downside of 39.62%. Given Lumen Technologies' higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Lumen Technologies is more favorable than IDT.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Lumen Technologies	3 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.63
IDT	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Does the media refer more to LUMN or IDT?

In the previous week, IDT had 1 more articles in the media than Lumen Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for IDT and 4 mentions for Lumen Technologies. IDT's average media sentiment score of 0.49 beat Lumen Technologies' score of 0.37 indicating that IDT is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Lumen Technologies	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
IDT	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is LUMN or IDT a better dividend stock?

Lumen Technologies pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 15.0%. IDT pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Lumen Technologies pays out -9.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. IDT pays out 14.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Lumen Technologies is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor LUMN or IDT?

Lumen Technologies received 403 more outperform votes than IDT when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.91% of users gave IDT an outperform vote while only 59.14% of users gave Lumen Technologies an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Lumen Technologies	Outperform Votes 576 59.14%	Underperform Votes 398 40.86%
IDT	Outperform Votes 173 62.91%	Underperform Votes 102 37.09%

Summary

IDT beats Lumen Technologies on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.