ATNI vs. CNSL, ATEX, SHEN, CXDO, RBBN, CLFD, SKYT, VPG, DAKT, and YRD
Should you be buying ATN International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ATN International include Consolidated Communications (CNSL), Anterix (ATEX), Shenandoah Telecommunications (SHEN), Crexendo (CXDO), Ribbon Communications (RBBN), Clearfield (CLFD), SkyWater Technology (SKYT), Vishay Precision Group (VPG), Daktronics (DAKT), and Yiren Digital (YRD).
Consolidated Communications (NASDAQ:CNSL) and ATN International (NASDAQ:ATNI) are both small-cap utilities companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, valuation, community ranking, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends and media sentiment.
Consolidated Communications has a beta of 1.07, indicating that its share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ATN International has a beta of 0.39, indicating that its share price is 61% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, ATN International had 11 more articles in the media than Consolidated Communications. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for ATN International and 3 mentions for Consolidated Communications. ATN International's average media sentiment score of 0.85 beat Consolidated Communications' score of -0.05 indicating that Consolidated Communications is being referred to more favorably in the media.
ATN International has a consensus price target of $32.00, indicating a potential upside of 63.93%. Given Consolidated Communications' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe ATN International is more favorable than Consolidated Communications.
ATN International has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Consolidated Communications. ATN International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Consolidated Communications, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Consolidated Communications received 9 more outperform votes than ATN International when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 59.43% of users gave ATN International an outperform vote while only 52.98% of users gave Consolidated Communications an outperform vote.
ATN International has a net margin of -1.96% compared to ATN International's net margin of -22.53%. Consolidated Communications' return on equity of -1.17% beat ATN International's return on equity.
80.0% of Consolidated Communications shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.5% of ATN International shares are held by institutional investors. 1.7% of Consolidated Communications shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 4.5% of ATN International shares are held 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.
Summary
ATN International beats Consolidated Communications on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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