IDT (IDT) Competitors

IDT (NYSE:IDT) and Lumen Technologies (NYSE:LUMN) are both utilities companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, valuation, profitability, dividends, risk and analyst recommendations.

Do analysts prefer IDT or LUMN?

Lumen Technologies has a consensus price target of $5.29, indicating a potential upside of 42.44%. Given Lumen Technologies' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Lumen Technologies is more favorable than IDT.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
IDT	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Lumen Technologies	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.29

Does the media prefer IDT or LUMN?

In the previous week, Lumen Technologies had 6 more articles in the media than IDT. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Lumen Technologies and 12 mentions for IDT. Lumen Technologies' average media sentiment score of 0.69 beat IDT's score of -0.37 indicating that Lumen Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
IDT	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	2 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Lumen Technologies	8 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is IDT or LUMN more profitable?

IDT has a net margin of 7.85% compared to Lumen Technologies' net margin of -9.19%. IDT's return on equity of 26.38% beat Lumen Technologies' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
IDT	7.85%	26.38%	12.84%
Lumen Technologies	-9.19%	-158.40%	-0.59%

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, IDT or LUMN?

IDT has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Lumen Technologies. Lumen Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than IDT, 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
IDT	$1.21B	1.26	$64.45M	$3.79	15.85
Lumen Technologies	$13.11B	0.29	-$55M	-$1.18	-3.15

Which has more risk and volatility, IDT or LUMN?

IDT has a beta of 0.74, meaning that its share price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lumen Technologies has a beta of 1.43, meaning that its share price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in IDT or LUMN?

59.3% of IDT shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.2% of Lumen Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 25.3% of IDT shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.3% of Lumen Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

IDT and Lumen Technologies tied by winning 8 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.