Lumen Technologies (LUMN) Competitors

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

Do institutionals & insiders believe in IDT or LUMN?

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 will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media refer more to IDT or LUMN?

In the previous week, Lumen Technologies had 8 more articles in the media than IDT. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Lumen Technologies and 7 mentions for IDT. Lumen Technologies' average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat IDT's score of 0.34 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	4 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Lumen Technologies	11 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk & volatility, IDT or LUMN?

IDT has a beta of 0.58, meaning that its share price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lumen Technologies has a beta of 1.29, meaning that its share price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend IDT or LUMN?

Lumen Technologies has a consensus target price of $4.59, suggesting a potential upside of 33.54%. 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
IDT	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Lumen Technologies	2 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.89

Is IDT or LUMN more profitable?

IDT has a net margin of 6.10% compared to Lumen Technologies' net margin of -0.42%. IDT's return on equity of 22.18% beat Lumen Technologies' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
IDT	6.10%	22.18%	10.03%
Lumen Technologies	-0.42%	-46.17%	-0.61%

Is IDT or LUMN a better dividend stock?

IDT pays an annual dividend of $0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Lumen Technologies pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 29.1%. IDT pays out 7.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Lumen Technologies pays out -2,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Lumen Technologies is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor IDT or LUMN?

Lumen Technologies received 400 more outperform votes than IDT when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.44% of users gave IDT an outperform vote while only 58.76% of users gave Lumen Technologies an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
IDT	Outperform Votes 177 63.44%	Underperform Votes 102 36.56%
Lumen Technologies	Outperform Votes 577 58.76%	Underperform Votes 405 41.24%

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, 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	$1.22B	1.01	$64.45M	$3.15	15.57
Lumen Technologies	$13.11B	0.27	-$55M	-$0.05	-68.80

Summary

Lumen Technologies beats IDT on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.