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Lumen Technologies (LUMN) Competitors

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$7.55 -0.19 (-2.45%)
(As of 11/20/2024 ET)

LUMN vs. IDT, CNSL, ATNI, VZ, T, TEF, BCE, VIV, FYBR, and KT

Should you be buying Lumen Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lumen Technologies include IDT (IDT), Consolidated Communications (CNSL), ATN International (ATNI), Verizon Communications (VZ), AT&T (T), Telefónica (TEF), BCE (BCE), Telefônica Brasil (VIV), Frontier Communications Parent (FYBR), and KT (KT). These companies are all part of the "telephone communication, except radio" industry.

Lumen Technologies vs.

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

IDT has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Lumen Technologies$14.56B0.53-$10.30B-$2.17-3.48
IDT$1.21B1.03$64.45M$2.5419.47

In the previous week, Lumen Technologies had 5 more articles in the media than IDT. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Lumen Technologies and 5 mentions for IDT. Lumen Technologies' average media sentiment score of 0.49 beat IDT's score of 0.49 indicating that Lumen Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

Lumen Technologies has a beta of 1.21, meaning that its share price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, IDT has a beta of 0.77, meaning that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500.

IDT has a net margin of 5.35% compared to Lumen Technologies' net margin of -16.06%. IDT's return on equity of 19.44% beat Lumen Technologies' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Lumen Technologies-16.06% -49.74% -0.64%
IDT 5.35%19.44%8.43%

66.2% of Lumen Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.3% of IDT shares are held by institutional investors. 1.7% of Lumen Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 25.3% of IDT shares are held by company 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.

Lumen Technologies currently has a consensus target price of $4.02, indicating a potential downside of 46.74%. Given Lumen Technologies' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Lumen Technologies is more favorable than IDT.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Lumen Technologies
3 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.63
IDT
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

Lumen Technologies received 403 more outperform votes than IDT when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.91% of users gave IDT an outperform vote while only 58.96% of users gave Lumen Technologies an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Lumen TechnologiesOutperform Votes
576
58.96%
Underperform Votes
401
41.04%
IDTOutperform Votes
173
62.91%
Underperform Votes
102
37.09%

Summary

IDT beats Lumen Technologies on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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LUMN vs. The Competition

MetricLumen TechnologiesTelephone communication, except radio IndustryBusiness SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$7.66B$17.12B$6.92B$19.88B
Dividend YieldN/A3.66%2.92%3.54%
P/E Ratio-3.4818.2445.6042.92
Price / Sales0.534.30203.5818.13
Price / Cash2.718.7224.3317.85
Price / Book18.412.815.085.52
Net Income-$10.30B$752.18M$121.19M$985.93M
7 Day Performance-15.03%-1.24%-1.13%-0.22%
1 Month Performance12.02%-4.97%8.15%0.12%
1 Year Performance447.10%14.85%29.53%23.70%

Lumen Technologies Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
LUMN
Lumen Technologies
2.3821 of 5 stars
$7.55
-2.5%
$4.02
-46.7%
+447.1%$7.66B$14.56B-3.4828,000
IDT
IDT
2.9283 of 5 stars
$49.45
-1.1%
N/A+72.6%$1.26B$1.21B19.471,833
CNSL
Consolidated Communications
0.0374 of 5 stars
$4.63
flat
N/A+10.2%$548.51M$1.09B-2.263,180News Coverage
ATNI
ATN International
4.1114 of 5 stars
$20.00
+4.0%
$31.00
+55.0%
-35.9%$290.79M$747.49M-7.352,300Positive News
VZ
Verizon Communications
4.6892 of 5 stars
$42.22
+0.7%
$46.37
+9.8%
+14.9%$177.73B$133.97B18.20105,400Positive News
T
AT&T
4.2492 of 5 stars
$22.83
+0.4%
$23.40
+2.5%
+41.8%$163.09B$122.43B18.56149,900
TEF
Telefónica
0.6965 of 5 stars
$4.51
-0.7%
N/A+9.7%$25.74B$43.99B0.00104,142
BCE
BCE
2.7748 of 5 stars
$27.00
-1.1%
$45.00
+66.7%
-31.6%$24.63B$18.28B385.7145,132
VIV
Telefônica Brasil
3.4333 of 5 stars
$8.99
-0.1%
$10.97
+22.0%
-12.5%$14.97B$10.44B14.2735,039
FYBR
Frontier Communications Parent
1.5592 of 5 stars
$34.70
-0.1%
$35.31
+1.8%
+62.6%$8.64B$5.79B-46.2713,300Insider Trade
News Coverage
KT
KT
3.407 of 5 stars
$16.00
+4.2%
N/A+23.3%$7.92B$26.50T9.7619,737High Trading Volume

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This page (NYSE:LUMN) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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