PHI vs. FYBR, KT, ALGM, QLYS, CLS, SMAR, TENB, BMI, STNE, and PEGA
Should you be buying PLDT stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of PLDT include Frontier Communications Parent (FYBR), KT (KT), Allegro MicroSystems (ALGM), Qualys (QLYS), Celestica (CLS), Smartsheet (SMAR), Tenable (TENB), Badger Meter (BMI), StoneCo (STNE), and Pegasystems (PEGA). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
PLDT (NYSE:PHI) and Frontier Communications Parent (NASDAQ:FYBR) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation and profitability.
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.
PLDT has a net margin of 12.86% compared to Frontier Communications Parent's net margin of 0.47%. PLDT's return on equity of 21.34% beat Frontier Communications Parent's return on equity.
Frontier Communications Parent has a consensus target price of $29.13, suggesting a potential upside of 8.39%. Given Frontier Communications Parent's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Frontier Communications Parent is more favorable than PLDT.
In the previous week, Frontier Communications Parent had 3 more articles in the media than PLDT. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Frontier Communications Parent and 1 mentions for PLDT. Frontier Communications Parent's average media sentiment score of 0.85 beat PLDT's score of 0.28 indicating that Frontier Communications Parent is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
PLDT has a beta of 0.59, indicating that its stock price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Frontier Communications Parent has a beta of 1.05, indicating that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.
2.3% of PLDT shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of PLDT shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Frontier Communications Parent shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
PLDT has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Frontier Communications Parent.
Summary
PLDT and Frontier Communications Parent tied by winning 8 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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