LUMN vs. IDT, CNSL, ATNI, VZ, T, BCE, TLK, 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), BCE (BCE), Perusahaan Perseroan (Persero) PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia Tbk (TLK), 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.
IDT (NYSE:IDT) and Lumen Technologies (NYSE:LUMN) are both utilities companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability and institutional ownership.
Lumen Technologies received 401 more outperform votes than IDT when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.18% of users gave IDT an outperform vote while only 58.84% of users gave Lumen Technologies an outperform vote.
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.
IDT has a net margin of 6.10% compared to Lumen Technologies' net margin of -16.06%. IDT's return on equity of 22.18% beat Lumen Technologies' return on equity.
IDT has a beta of 0.81, meaning that its stock price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lumen Technologies has a beta of 1.28, meaning that its stock price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Lumen Technologies had 1 more articles in the media than IDT. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Lumen Technologies and 6 mentions for IDT. Lumen Technologies' average media sentiment score of 0.41 beat IDT's score of 0.25 indicating that Lumen Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Lumen Technologies has a consensus price target of $4.66, indicating a potential downside of 17.52%. Given Lumen Technologies' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Lumen Technologies is more favorable than IDT.
59.3% of IDT shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.2% of Lumen Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. 25.3% of IDT shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of Lumen Technologies shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
IDT beats Lumen Technologies on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:LUMN) was last updated on 1/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
