Frontier Communications Parent (FYBR) Competitors

PLDT (NYSE:PHI) and Frontier Communications Parent (NASDAQ:FYBR) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, community ranking and dividends.

Does the media refer more to PHI or FYBR?

In the previous week, Frontier Communications Parent had 11 more articles in the media than PLDT. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Frontier Communications Parent and 1 mentions for PLDT. PLDT's average media sentiment score of 0.38 beat Frontier Communications Parent's score of 0.33 indicating that Frontier Communications Parent is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
PLDT	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Frontier Communications Parent	1 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, PHI or FYBR?

PLDT has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Frontier Communications Parent. PLDT is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Frontier Communications Parent, 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
PLDT	$3.79B	1.37	$479.05M	$0.88	27.27
Frontier Communications Parent	$5.75B	1.12	$29M	$0.11	234.64

Is PHI or FYBR more profitable?

PLDT has a net margin of 12.61% compared to PLDT's net margin of 0.47%. Frontier Communications Parent's return on equity of 20.61% beat PLDT's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
PLDT	12.61%	20.61%	3.77%
Frontier Communications Parent	0.47%	0.52%	0.13%

Do analysts recommend PHI or FYBR?

Frontier Communications Parent has a consensus target price of $29.13, suggesting a potential upside of 12.89%. Given PLDT's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Frontier Communications Parent is more favorable than PLDT.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
PLDT	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Frontier Communications Parent	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75

Which has more risk and volatility, PHI or FYBR?

PLDT has a beta of 0.59, suggesting that its share price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Frontier Communications Parent has a beta of 1.05, suggesting that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in PHI or FYBR?

PLDT received 325 more outperform votes than Frontier Communications Parent when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.13% of users gave PLDT an outperform vote while only 56.67% of users gave Frontier Communications Parent an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
PLDT	Outperform Votes 359 60.13%	Underperform Votes 238 39.87%
Frontier Communications Parent	Outperform Votes 34 56.67%	Underperform Votes 26 43.33%

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in PHI or FYBR?

2.3% of PLDT shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of PLDT shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Frontier Communications Parent shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

PLDT beats Frontier Communications Parent on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.