Lumen Technologies (LUMN) Competitors

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

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

66.2% of Lumen Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.3% of IDT shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.7% of Lumen Technologies shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 25.3% of IDT shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in LUMN or IDT?

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

Is LUMN or IDT 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
Lumen Technologies	-0.42%	-46.17%	-0.61%
IDT	6.10%	22.18%	10.03%

Which has more volatility & risk, LUMN or IDT?

Lumen Technologies has a beta of 1.28, meaning that its stock price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, IDT has a beta of 0.84, meaning that its stock price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer LUMN or IDT?

In the previous week, Lumen Technologies had 7 more articles in the media than IDT. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Lumen Technologies and 5 mentions for IDT. Lumen Technologies' average media sentiment score of 1.20 beat IDT's score of 0.96 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	10 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
IDT	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is LUMN or IDT a better dividend stock?

Lumen Technologies pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 21.6%. IDT pays an annual dividend of $0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Lumen Technologies pays out -2,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. IDT pays out 7.6% 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.

Do analysts prefer LUMN or IDT?

Lumen Technologies presently has a consensus price target of $4.59, indicating a potential downside of 0.68%. Given Lumen Technologies' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Lumen Technologies is more favorable than IDT.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Lumen Technologies	2 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.89
IDT	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, LUMN or IDT?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Lumen Technologies	$13.11B	0.36	-$55M	-$0.05	-92.50
IDT	$1.22B	1.08	$64.45M	$3.15	16.66

Summary

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