VEON (VEON) Competitors

VEON (NASDAQ:VEON) and Telephone and Data Systems (NYSE:TDS) are both small-cap utilities companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, profitability, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking and dividends.

Which has more volatility and risk, VEON or TDS?

VEON has a beta of 1.59, meaning that its stock price is 59% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Telephone and Data Systems has a beta of 0.81, meaning that its stock price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer VEON or TDS?

In the previous week, Telephone and Data Systems had 3 more articles in the media than VEON. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Telephone and Data Systems and 13 mentions for VEON. Telephone and Data Systems' average media sentiment score of 0.42 beat VEON's score of 0.17 indicating that Telephone and Data Systems is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
VEON	2 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Telephone and Data Systems	1 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	12 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do analysts recommend VEON or TDS?

Telephone and Data Systems has a consensus target price of $26.33, indicating a potential upside of 83.38%. Given Telephone and Data Systems' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Telephone and Data Systems is more favorable than VEON.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
VEON	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Telephone and Data Systems	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, VEON or TDS?

VEON has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Telephone and Data Systems.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
VEON	$3.76B	0.49	-$162M	N/A	N/A
Telephone and Data Systems	$5.16B	0.31	-$500M	-$4.87	-2.95

Does the MarketBeat Community favor VEON or TDS?

VEON received 115 more outperform votes than Telephone and Data Systems when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.16% of users gave Telephone and Data Systems an outperform vote while only 57.82% of users gave VEON an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
VEON	Outperform Votes 403 57.82%	Underperform Votes 294 42.18%
Telephone and Data Systems	Outperform Votes 288 65.16%	Underperform Votes 154 34.84%

Is VEON or TDS more profitable?

VEON has a net margin of 37.89% compared to Telephone and Data Systems' net margin of -9.69%. VEON's return on equity of 102.03% beat Telephone and Data Systems' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
VEON	37.89%	102.03%	7.33%
Telephone and Data Systems	-9.69%	0.21%	0.08%

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in VEON or TDS?

21.3% of VEON shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.0% of Telephone and Data Systems shares are owned by institutional investors. 14.5% of Telephone and Data Systems shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

VEON and Telephone and Data Systems tied by winning 8 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.