IDT vs. CNSL, SHEN, TDS, MSEX, UTL, EDN, HE, KEN, NWN, and CLNE
Should you be buying IDT stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of IDT include Consolidated Communications (CNSL), Shenandoah Telecommunications (SHEN), Telephone and Data Systems (TDS), Middlesex Water (MSEX), Unitil (UTL), Empresa Distribuidora y Comercializadora Norte Sociedad Anónima (EDN), Hawaiian Electric Industries (HE), Kenon (KEN), Northwest Natural (NWN), and Clean Energy Fuels (CLNE). These companies are all part of the "utilities" sector.
Consolidated Communications (NASDAQ:CNSL) and IDT (NYSE:IDT) are both small-cap utilities companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership and dividends.
IDT has higher revenue and earnings than Consolidated Communications. Consolidated Communications is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than IDT, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, IDT had 2 more articles in the media than Consolidated Communications. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for IDT and 2 mentions for Consolidated Communications. Consolidated Communications' average media sentiment score of 0.51 beat IDT's score of 0.00 indicating that IDT is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Consolidated Communications has a beta of 1.14, meaning that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, IDT has a beta of 0.99, meaning that its stock price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500.
80.0% of Consolidated Communications shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.3% of IDT shares are held by institutional investors. 2.5% of Consolidated Communications shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 15.0% of IDT shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Consolidated Communications received 132 more outperform votes than IDT when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.50% of users gave IDT an outperform vote while only 52.71% of users gave Consolidated Communications an outperform vote.
IDT has a net margin of 3.08% compared to IDT's net margin of -22.42%. Consolidated Communications' return on equity of 20.18% beat IDT's return on equity.
Summary
IDT beats Consolidated Communications on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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