ATNI vs. CNSL, VZ, T, LUMN, IDT, SHEN, ATEX, CXDO, SURG, and NXPL
Should you be buying ATN International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ATN International include Consolidated Communications (CNSL), Verizon Communications (VZ), AT&T (T), Lumen Technologies (LUMN), IDT (IDT), Shenandoah Telecommunications (SHEN), Anterix (ATEX), Crexendo (CXDO), SurgePays (SURG), and NextPlat (NXPL). These companies are all part of the "telephone communication, except radio" industry.
ATN International vs.
Consolidated Communications (NASDAQ:CNSL) and ATN International (NASDAQ:ATNI) are both small-cap utilities companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, earnings and risk.
Consolidated Communications pays an annual dividend of $1.55 per share and has a dividend yield of 33.0%. ATN International pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.4%. Consolidated Communications pays out -75.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. ATN International pays out -35.3% 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. Consolidated Communications is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, Consolidated Communications and Consolidated Communications both had 3 articles in the media. Consolidated Communications' average media sentiment score of 1.42 beat ATN International's score of 0.70 indicating that Consolidated Communications is being referred to more favorably in the media.
80.0% of Consolidated Communications shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.5% of ATN International shares are held by institutional investors. 2.5% of Consolidated Communications shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.1% of ATN International shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
ATN International has a consensus target price of $31.00, suggesting a potential upside of 75.54%. Given ATN International's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe ATN International is more favorable than Consolidated Communications.
Consolidated Communications received 4 more outperform votes than ATN International when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 59.60% of users gave ATN International an outperform vote while only 51.89% of users gave Consolidated Communications an outperform vote.
ATN International has a net margin of -4.79% compared to Consolidated Communications' net margin of -17.15%. ATN International's return on equity of 0.52% beat Consolidated Communications' return on equity.
ATN International has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Consolidated Communications. ATN International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Consolidated Communications, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Consolidated Communications has a beta of 0.98, indicating that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ATN International has a beta of 0.6, indicating that its stock price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Consolidated Communications and ATN International tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:ATNI) was last updated on 12/18/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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