LUMN vs. IDT, CNSL, ATNI, VZ, T, TEF, BCE, TLK, VIV, and FYBR
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), Perusahaan Perseroan (Persero) PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia Tbk (TLK), Telefônica Brasil (VIV), and Frontier Communications Parent (FYBR). 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 superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, profitability, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment and dividends.
Lumen Technologies pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 16.9%. IDT pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Lumen Technologies pays out -46.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. IDT pays out 6.8% 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.
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 company insiders. Comparatively, 25.3% of IDT shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
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.
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 58.84% of users gave Lumen Technologies an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Lumen Technologies had 5 more articles in the media than IDT. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Lumen Technologies and 8 mentions for IDT. Lumen Technologies' average media sentiment score of 0.31 beat IDT's score of 0.05 indicating that Lumen Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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 0.78, meaning that its share price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
Lumen Technologies currently has a consensus price target of $4.66, suggesting a potential downside of 21.35%. Given Lumen Technologies' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Lumen Technologies is more favorable than IDT.
Summary
Lumen Technologies beats IDT on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:LUMN) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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