SHEN vs. CBB, ATNI, USM, TDS, BB, SPOK, CCI, SBAC, 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), United States Cellular (USM), Telephone and Data Systems (TDS), BlackBerry (BB), Spok (SPOK), Crown Castle (CCI), SBA Communications (SBAC), 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 better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings, profitability 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.
In the previous week, Cincinnati Bell had 4 more articles in the media than Shenandoah Telecommunications. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Cincinnati Bell and 5 mentions for Shenandoah Telecommunications. Cincinnati Bell's average media sentiment score of 0.96 beat Shenandoah Telecommunications' score of 0.67 indicating that Shenandoah Telecommunications is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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.
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 47.35% of users gave Cincinnati Bell an outperform vote.
Shenandoah Telecommunications has a consensus target price of $25.00, suggesting a potential upside of 42.13%.
Cincinnati Bell has a beta of 0.36, indicating that its stock price is 64% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Shenandoah Telecommunications has a beta of 0.61, indicating that its stock price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500.
92.1% of Cincinnati Bell shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 62.0% of Shenandoah Telecommunications shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.8% of Cincinnati Bell shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.4% of Shenandoah Telecommunications shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Shenandoah Telecommunications beats Cincinnati Bell on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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