SKM vs. USM, VOD, WWD, LSCC, U, PCTY, MNDY, DAY, GTLB, and CDAY
Should you be buying SK Telecom stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of SK Telecom include United States Cellular (USM), Vodafone Group Public (VOD), Woodward (WWD), Lattice Semiconductor (LSCC), Unity Software (U), Paylocity (PCTY), monday.com (MNDY), Dayforce (DAY), GitLab (GTLB), and Ceridian HCM (CDAY). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
SK Telecom (NYSE:SKM) and United States Cellular (NYSE:USM) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, risk, profitability, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and community ranking.
United States Cellular has a consensus price target of $45.25, suggesting a potential upside of 23.03%. Given United States Cellular's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe United States Cellular is more favorable than SK Telecom.
In the previous week, United States Cellular had 4 more articles in the media than SK Telecom. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for United States Cellular and 0 mentions for SK Telecom. United States Cellular's average media sentiment score of 1.09 beat SK Telecom's score of 0.00 indicating that United States Cellular is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
SK Telecom has higher revenue and earnings than United States Cellular. SK Telecom is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than United States Cellular, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
SK Telecom has a net margin of 6.19% compared to United States Cellular's net margin of 1.41%. SK Telecom's return on equity of 8.78% beat United States Cellular's return on equity.
SK Telecom has a beta of 0.74, meaning that its share price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, United States Cellular has a beta of 0.46, meaning that its share price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500.
SK Telecom received 2 more outperform votes than United States Cellular when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.95% of users gave SK Telecom an outperform vote while only 56.16% of users gave United States Cellular an outperform vote.
18.0% of United States Cellular shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of SK Telecom shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of United States Cellular shares are held 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.
Summary
SK Telecom beats United States Cellular on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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