VEON (VEON) Competitors

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

Which has more volatility & 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.

Which has higher valuation & 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	$5.75B	1.51	$29M	-$0.75	-46.40

Do analysts recommend VEON or FYBR?

VEON currently has a consensus target price of $48.00, suggesting a potential upside of 50.14%. Frontier Communications Parent has a consensus target price of $35.31, suggesting a potential upside of 1.47%. Given VEON's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe VEON is more favorable than Frontier Communications Parent.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
VEON	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Frontier Communications Parent	0 Sell rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25

Does the MarketBeat Community favor VEON or FYBR?

VEON received 366 more outperform votes than Frontier Communications Parent when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.81% 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 407 57.81%	Underperform Votes 297 42.19%
Frontier Communications Parent	Outperform Votes 41 53.95%	Underperform Votes 35 46.05%

Do institutionals and insiders believe in VEON or FYBR?

21.3% of VEON shares are held by institutional investors. 1.4% of Frontier Communications Parent shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is VEON or FYBR more profitable?

Frontier Communications Parent has a net margin of -3.19% 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	-3.19%	-3.61%	-0.91%

Does the media refer more to VEON or FYBR?

In the previous week, VEON had 5 more articles in the media than Frontier Communications Parent. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for VEON and 7 mentions for Frontier Communications Parent. Frontier Communications Parent's average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat VEON's score of 0.17 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	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	9 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Frontier Communications Parent	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

VEON beats Frontier Communications Parent on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.