VEON (VEON) Competitors

VEON (NASDAQ:VEON) and Frontier Communications Parent (NASDAQ:FYBR) are both mid-cap utilities companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings, dividends and profitability.

Do insiders & institutionals believe in VEON or FYBR?

21.3% of VEON shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.4% of Frontier Communications Parent shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility and risk, VEON or FYBR?

VEON has a beta of 1.56, suggesting that its share price is 56% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Frontier Communications Parent has a beta of 1.1, suggesting that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor VEON or FYBR?

VEON received 365 more outperform votes than Frontier Communications Parent when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.75% of users gave VEON an outperform vote while only 53.95% of users gave Frontier Communications Parent an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
VEON	Outperform Votes 406 57.75%	Underperform Votes 297 42.25%
Frontier Communications Parent	Outperform Votes 41 53.95%	Underperform Votes 35 46.05%

Do analysts rate VEON or FYBR?

Frontier Communications Parent has a consensus price target of $35.31, suggesting a potential downside of 0.28%. Given Frontier Communications Parent's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Frontier Communications Parent is more favorable than VEON.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
VEON	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Frontier Communications Parent	0 Sell rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25

Is VEON or FYBR more profitable?

Frontier Communications Parent has a net margin of -1.62% compared to VEON's net margin of -77.48%. VEON's return on equity of 28.73% beat Frontier Communications Parent's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
VEON	-77.48%	28.73%	3.54%
Frontier Communications Parent	-1.62%	-1.80%	-0.46%

Does the media favor VEON or FYBR?

In the previous week, VEON had 11 more articles in the media than Frontier Communications Parent. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for VEON and 6 mentions for Frontier Communications Parent. Frontier Communications Parent's average media sentiment score of 0.01 beat VEON's score of -0.24 indicating that Frontier Communications Parent is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
VEON	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	6 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Frontier Communications Parent	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, VEON or FYBR?

Frontier Communications Parent has higher revenue and earnings than VEON.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
VEON	$3.70B	0.64	-$2.53B	N/A	N/A
Frontier Communications Parent	$5.74B	1.54	$29M	-$0.37	-95.70

Summary

Frontier Communications Parent beats VEON on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.