IDT vs. CNSL, SHEN, TDS, MSEX, EDN, HE, UTL, KEN, CLNE, and YORW
Should you be buying IDT stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of IDT include Consolidated Communications (CNSL), Shenandoah Telecommunications (SHEN), Telephone and Data Systems (TDS), Middlesex Water (MSEX), Empresa Distribuidora y Comercializadora Norte Sociedad Anónima (EDN), Hawaiian Electric Industries (HE), Unitil (UTL), Kenon (KEN), Clean Energy Fuels (CLNE), and York Water (YORW). These companies are all part of the "utilities" sector.
IDT (NYSE:IDT) and Consolidated Communications (NASDAQ:CNSL) are both small-cap utilities companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk and profitability.
IDT has higher revenue and earnings than Consolidated Communications. Consolidated Communications is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than IDT, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
IDT has a beta of 0.99, suggesting that its stock price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Consolidated Communications has a beta of 1.14, suggesting that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, IDT had 7 more articles in the media than Consolidated Communications. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for IDT and 5 mentions for Consolidated Communications. Consolidated Communications' average media sentiment score of 0.41 beat IDT's score of -0.07 indicating that Consolidated Communications is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
59.3% of IDT shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.0% of Consolidated Communications shares are held by institutional investors. 15.0% of IDT shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.5% of Consolidated Communications shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
IDT has a net margin of 3.08% compared to Consolidated Communications' net margin of -22.42%. IDT's return on equity of 20.18% beat Consolidated Communications' return on equity.
Consolidated Communications received 132 more outperform votes than IDT when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.50% of users gave IDT an outperform vote while only 52.80% of users gave Consolidated Communications an outperform vote.
Summary
IDT beats Consolidated Communications on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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