Shenandoah Telecommunications (SHEN) Competitors

Shenandoah Telecommunications (NASDAQ:SHEN) and BlackBerry (NYSE:BB) are both utilities companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment, profitability, earnings, risk and community ranking.

Which has more volatility and risk, SHEN or BB?

Shenandoah Telecommunications has a beta of 0.81, indicating that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BlackBerry has a beta of 1.3, indicating that its share price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor SHEN or BB?

In the previous week, Shenandoah Telecommunications had 3 more articles in the media than BlackBerry. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Shenandoah Telecommunications and 0 mentions for BlackBerry. Shenandoah Telecommunications' average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat BlackBerry's score of 0.22 indicating that Shenandoah Telecommunications is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Shenandoah Telecommunications	Positive
BlackBerry	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community favor SHEN or BB?

BlackBerry received 312 more outperform votes than Shenandoah Telecommunications when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.56% of users gave BlackBerry an outperform vote while only 67.39% of users gave Shenandoah Telecommunications an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Shenandoah Telecommunications	Outperform Votes 436 67.39%	Underperform Votes 211 32.61%
BlackBerry	Outperform Votes 748 68.56%	Underperform Votes 343 31.44%

Which has higher earnings and valuation, SHEN or BB?

Shenandoah Telecommunications has higher earnings, but lower revenue than BlackBerry. BlackBerry is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Shenandoah Telecommunications, 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
Shenandoah Telecommunications	$328.06M	2.16	$8.04M	$3.79	3.42
BlackBerry	$534.90M	3.74	-$130M	-$0.13	-25.81

Do analysts prefer SHEN or BB?

Shenandoah Telecommunications presently has a consensus target price of $26.00, indicating a potential upside of 100.85%. BlackBerry has a consensus target price of $4.12, indicating a potential upside of 22.76%. Given Shenandoah Telecommunications' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Shenandoah Telecommunications is more favorable than BlackBerry.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Shenandoah Telecommunications	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
BlackBerry	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in SHEN or BB?

62.0% of Shenandoah Telecommunications shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 54.5% of BlackBerry shares are held by institutional investors. 4.5% of Shenandoah Telecommunications shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of BlackBerry shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is SHEN or BB more profitable?

Shenandoah Telecommunications has a net margin of 58.03% compared to BlackBerry's net margin of -21.16%. BlackBerry's return on equity of -2.02% beat Shenandoah Telecommunications' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Shenandoah Telecommunications	58.03%	-2.50%	-1.40%
BlackBerry	-21.16%	-2.02%	-1.13%

Summary

Shenandoah Telecommunications beats BlackBerry on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.