ATEX vs. CBB, ALSK, TDS, LUMN, IDT, SHEN, CNSL, ATNI, CXDO, and SURG
Should you be buying Anterix stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Anterix include Cincinnati Bell (CBB), Alaska Communications Systems Group (ALSK), Telephone and Data Systems (TDS), Lumen Technologies (LUMN), IDT (IDT), Shenandoah Telecommunications (SHEN), Consolidated Communications (CNSL), ATN International (ATNI), Crexendo (CXDO), and SurgePays (SURG).
Cincinnati Bell (NYSE:CBB) and Anterix (NASDAQ:ATEX) are both small-cap utilities companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, valuation, profitability and analyst recommendations.
Cincinnati Bell has a beta of 0.36, meaning that its share price is 64% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Anterix has a beta of 0.67, meaning that its share price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Cincinnati Bell had 2 more articles in the media than Anterix. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Cincinnati Bell and 4 mentions for Anterix. Cincinnati Bell's average media sentiment score of 1.09 beat Anterix's score of 0.67 indicating that Anterix is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Anterix has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Cincinnati Bell. Cincinnati Bell is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Anterix, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Anterix has a net margin of 447.16% compared to Anterix's net margin of -1.32%. Anterix's return on equity of 0.00% beat Cincinnati Bell's return on equity.
Anterix has a consensus price target of $58.00, suggesting a potential upside of 76.45%.
92.1% of Cincinnati Bell shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.7% of Anterix shares are held by institutional investors. 1.8% of Cincinnati Bell shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 31.7% of Anterix shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Cincinnati Bell received 215 more outperform votes than Anterix when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 47.95% of users gave Anterix an outperform vote while only 47.35% of users gave Cincinnati Bell an outperform vote.
Summary
Anterix beats Cincinnati Bell on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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