VEON (VEON) Competitors

VEON (NASDAQ:VEON) and AST SpaceMobile (NASDAQ:ASTS) are both communication companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, earnings, profitability, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.

Do analysts prefer VEON or ASTS?

VEON presently has a consensus target price of $60.00, indicating a potential upside of 14.11%. AST SpaceMobile has a consensus target price of $42.82, indicating a potential upside of 5.90%. Given VEON's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe VEON is more favorable than AST SpaceMobile.

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)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.67
AST SpaceMobile	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Is VEON or ASTS more profitable?

VEON has a net margin of 23.75% compared to AST SpaceMobile's net margin of -7,213.90%. VEON's return on equity of 72.76% beat AST SpaceMobile's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
VEON	23.75%	72.76%	12.22%
AST SpaceMobile	-7,213.90%	-26.81%	-16.51%

Does the media refer more to VEON or ASTS?

In the previous week, AST SpaceMobile had 15 more articles in the media than VEON. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for AST SpaceMobile and 7 mentions for VEON. AST SpaceMobile's average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat VEON's score of 0.55 indicating that AST SpaceMobile 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)	1 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
AST SpaceMobile	10 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk and volatility, VEON or ASTS?

VEON has a beta of 1.63, indicating that its share price is 63% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AST SpaceMobile has a beta of 2.43, indicating that its share price is 143% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, VEON or ASTS?

VEON has higher revenue and earnings than AST SpaceMobile. AST SpaceMobile is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than VEON, 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
VEON	$4.00B	0.97	$415M	$13.64	3.85
AST SpaceMobile	$4.42M	3,279.40	-$300.08M	-$1.89	-21.39

Do insiders and institutionals believe in VEON or ASTS?

21.3% of VEON shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.0% of AST SpaceMobile shares are owned by institutional investors. 41.8% of AST SpaceMobile shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

VEON beats AST SpaceMobile on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.