SHEN vs. CBB, ATNI, TDS, BB, SPOK, CCI, SBAC, USM, LUMN, and IDT
Should you be buying Shenandoah Telecommunications stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Shenandoah Telecommunications include Cincinnati Bell (CBB), ATN International (ATNI), Telephone and Data Systems (TDS), BlackBerry (BB), Spok (SPOK), Crown Castle (CCI), SBA Communications (SBAC), United States Cellular (USM), Lumen Technologies (LUMN), and IDT (IDT).
Cincinnati Bell (NYSE:CBB) and Shenandoah Telecommunications (NASDAQ:SHEN) are both small-cap utilities companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, risk, dividends and analyst recommendations.
Shenandoah Telecommunications has a net margin of 77.44% compared to Shenandoah Telecommunications' net margin of -1.32%. Cincinnati Bell's return on equity of 0.27% beat Shenandoah Telecommunications' return on equity.
92.1% of Cincinnati Bell shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 62.0% of Shenandoah Telecommunications shares are held by institutional investors. 1.8% of Cincinnati Bell shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 4.4% of Shenandoah Telecommunications shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Shenandoah Telecommunications has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Cincinnati Bell. Cincinnati Bell is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Shenandoah Telecommunications, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Shenandoah Telecommunications had 3 more articles in the media than Cincinnati Bell. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Shenandoah Telecommunications and 0 mentions for Cincinnati Bell. Cincinnati Bell's average media sentiment score of 1.54 beat Shenandoah Telecommunications' score of 0.67 indicating that Shenandoah Telecommunications is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Shenandoah Telecommunications received 183 more outperform votes than Cincinnati Bell when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.76% of users gave Shenandoah Telecommunications an outperform vote while only 47.26% of users gave Cincinnati Bell an outperform vote.
Shenandoah Telecommunications has a consensus target price of $25.00, indicating a potential upside of 40.37%.
Cincinnati Bell has a beta of 0.36, suggesting that its share price is 64% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Shenandoah Telecommunications has a beta of 0.72, suggesting that its share price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Shenandoah Telecommunications beats Cincinnati Bell on 13 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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