ATEX vs. SHEN, CNSL, ATNI, SMWB, MGIC, CASS, MITK, PLPC, ASTS, and PERI
Should you be buying Anterix stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Anterix include Shenandoah Telecommunications (SHEN), Consolidated Communications (CNSL), ATN International (ATNI), Similarweb (SMWB), Magic Software Enterprises (MGIC), Cass Information Systems (CASS), Mitek Systems (MITK), Preformed Line Products (PLPC), AST SpaceMobile (ASTS), and Perion Network (PERI).
Shenandoah Telecommunications (NASDAQ:SHEN) and Anterix (NASDAQ:ATEX) are both small-cap utilities companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, community ranking and dividends.
Shenandoah Telecommunications currently has a consensus target price of $25.00, indicating a potential upside of 46.20%. Anterix has a consensus target price of $58.00, indicating a potential upside of 82.68%. Given Shenandoah Telecommunications' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Anterix is more favorable than Shenandoah Telecommunications.
Shenandoah Telecommunications has a beta of 0.61, suggesting that its share price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Anterix has a beta of 0.67, suggesting that its share price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Shenandoah Telecommunications had 19 more articles in the media than Anterix. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for Shenandoah Telecommunications and 7 mentions for Anterix. Anterix's average media sentiment score of 0.47 beat Shenandoah Telecommunications' score of 0.41 indicating that Shenandoah Telecommunications is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Shenandoah Telecommunications has higher revenue and earnings than Anterix. Shenandoah Telecommunications is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Anterix, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
62.0% of Shenandoah Telecommunications shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.7% of Anterix shares are held by institutional investors. 4.4% of Shenandoah Telecommunications shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 31.7% of Anterix shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Shenandoah Telecommunications received 398 more outperform votes than Anterix when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.97% of users gave Shenandoah Telecommunications an outperform vote while only 47.95% of users gave Anterix an outperform vote.
Anterix has a net margin of 447.16% compared to Anterix's net margin of 77.44%. Anterix's return on equity of 0.27% beat Shenandoah Telecommunications' return on equity.
Summary
Shenandoah Telecommunications beats Anterix on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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