TDS vs. SHEN, IDT, CPK, MYRG, PAM, TAC, SJW, VEON, AWR, and MGEE
Should you be buying Telephone and Data Systems stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Telephone and Data Systems include Shenandoah Telecommunications (SHEN), IDT (IDT), Chesapeake Utilities (CPK), MYR Group (MYRG), Pampa Energía (PAM), TransAlta (TAC), SJW Group (SJW), VEON (VEON), American States Water (AWR), and MGE Energy (MGEE). These companies are all part of the "utilities" sector.
Shenandoah Telecommunications (NASDAQ:SHEN) and Telephone and Data Systems (NYSE:TDS) are both utilities companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, community ranking, institutional ownership, valuation and dividends.
Shenandoah Telecommunications has a net margin of 77.44% compared to Shenandoah Telecommunications' net margin of -9.36%. Shenandoah Telecommunications' return on equity of 0.62% beat Telephone and Data Systems' return on equity.
Shenandoah Telecommunications pays an annual dividend of $0.09 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Telephone and Data Systems pays an annual dividend of $0.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Shenandoah Telecommunications pays out 2.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Telephone and Data Systems pays out -15.6% 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. Shenandoah Telecommunications has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years and Telephone and Data Systems has increased its dividend for 50 consecutive years. Telephone and Data Systems is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Shenandoah Telecommunications has a beta of 0.61, indicating that its stock price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Telephone and Data Systems has a beta of 0.81, indicating that its stock price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Telephone and Data Systems had 2 more articles in the media than Shenandoah Telecommunications. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Telephone and Data Systems and 2 mentions for Shenandoah Telecommunications. Telephone and Data Systems' average media sentiment score of 0.34 beat Shenandoah Telecommunications' score of -0.07 indicating that Shenandoah Telecommunications is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Shenandoah Telecommunications has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Telephone and Data Systems. Telephone and Data Systems 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 presently has a consensus target price of $25.00, indicating a potential upside of 36.46%. Telephone and Data Systems has a consensus target price of $25.67, indicating a potential upside of 23.40%. Given Telephone and Data Systems' higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Shenandoah Telecommunications is more favorable than Telephone and Data Systems.
Shenandoah Telecommunications received 144 more outperform votes than Telephone and Data Systems when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.87% of users gave Shenandoah Telecommunications an outperform vote while only 65.09% of users gave Telephone and Data Systems an outperform vote.
62.0% of Shenandoah Telecommunications shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.0% of Telephone and Data Systems shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.4% of Shenandoah Telecommunications shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 14.5% of Telephone and Data Systems shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Telephone and Data Systems beats Shenandoah Telecommunications on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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