CNSL vs. ATEX, ATNI, IDT, SHEN, CXDO, TDS, YORW, CLNE, GNE, and CWCO
Should you be buying Consolidated Communications stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Consolidated Communications include Anterix (ATEX), ATN International (ATNI), IDT (IDT), Shenandoah Telecommunications (SHEN), Crexendo (CXDO), Telephone and Data Systems (TDS), York Water (YORW), Clean Energy Fuels (CLNE), Genie Energy (GNE), and Consolidated Water (CWCO).
Anterix (NASDAQ:ATEX) and Consolidated Communications (NASDAQ:CNSL) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, risk, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, community ranking and media sentiment.
Anterix has a beta of 0.67, suggesting that its share price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Consolidated Communications has a beta of 1.14, suggesting that its share price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500.
87.7% of Anterix shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.0% of Consolidated Communications shares are owned by institutional investors. 31.7% of Anterix shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.5% of Consolidated Communications shares are owned 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.
Consolidated Communications received 267 more outperform votes than Anterix when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 52.80% of users gave Consolidated Communications an outperform vote while only 47.95% of users gave Anterix an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Anterix had 4 more articles in the media than Consolidated Communications. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Anterix and 3 mentions for Consolidated Communications. Consolidated Communications' average media sentiment score of 0.41 beat Anterix's score of -0.20 indicating that Anterix is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Anterix currently has a consensus target price of $58.00, suggesting a potential upside of 82.68%. Given Consolidated Communications' higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Anterix is more favorable than Consolidated Communications.
Anterix has a net margin of 447.16% compared to Anterix's net margin of -22.53%. Anterix's return on equity of -16.89% beat Consolidated Communications' return on equity.
Anterix has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Consolidated Communications. Consolidated Communications is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Anterix, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Anterix beats Consolidated Communications on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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