KT vs. FYBR, PHI, S, ARW, WIX, LYFT, YNDX, UI, HCP, and SAIC
Should you be buying KT stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of KT include Frontier Communications Parent (FYBR), PLDT (PHI), SentinelOne (S), Arrow Electronics (ARW), Wix.com (WIX), Lyft (LYFT), Yandex (YNDX), Ubiquiti (UI), HashiCorp (HCP), and Science Applications International (SAIC). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
KT (NYSE:KT) and Frontier Communications Parent (NASDAQ:FYBR) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, dividends, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability and earnings.
18.9% of KT shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of KT shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Frontier Communications Parent shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, KT had 11 more articles in the media than Frontier Communications Parent. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for KT and 7 mentions for Frontier Communications Parent. Frontier Communications Parent's average media sentiment score of 0.30 beat KT's score of 0.27 indicating that Frontier Communications Parent is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
KT has higher revenue and earnings than Frontier Communications Parent. KT is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Frontier Communications Parent, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
KT has a beta of 0.86, meaning that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Frontier Communications Parent has a beta of 1.05, meaning that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Frontier Communications Parent has a consensus price target of $29.13, indicating a potential upside of 11.72%. Given Frontier Communications Parent's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Frontier Communications Parent is more favorable than KT.
KT has a net margin of 3.84% compared to Frontier Communications Parent's net margin of 0.47%. KT's return on equity of 5.28% beat Frontier Communications Parent's return on equity.
KT received 200 more outperform votes than Frontier Communications Parent when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.40% of users gave KT an outperform vote while only 56.67% of users gave Frontier Communications Parent an outperform vote.
Summary
KT beats Frontier Communications Parent on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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