UTDI vs. DRI, TC1, O2D, QSC, DTE, FNTN, ORA, AF, DEC, and MMB
Should you be buying United Internet stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of United Internet include 1&1 Drillisch (DRI), Tele Columbus (TC1), Telefónica Deutschland (O2D), QSC AG (QSC.F) (QSC), Deutsche Telekom (DTE), freenet (FNTN), Orange (ORA), Air France-KLM (AF), JCDecaux (DEC), and Lagardere (MMB). These companies are all part of the "business services" sector.
United Internet vs.
United Internet (ETR:UTDI) and 1&1 Drillisch (ETR:DRI) are both mid-cap business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability, community ranking and valuation.
United Internet pays an annual dividend of €0.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. 1&1 Drillisch pays an annual dividend of €0.05 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. United Internet pays out 24.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 1&1 Drillisch pays out 3.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
United Internet has higher revenue and earnings than 1&1 Drillisch. United Internet is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than 1&1 Drillisch, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
United Internet currently has a consensus price target of €34.16, indicating a potential upside of 93.77%. Given United Internet's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe United Internet is more favorable than 1&1 Drillisch.
In the previous week, United Internet's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled 1&1 Drillisch's average media sentiment score.
27.2% of United Internet shares are owned by institutional investors. 54.4% of United Internet shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
1&1 Drillisch received 45 more outperform votes than United Internet when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.78% of users gave 1&1 Drillisch an outperform vote while only 67.35% of users gave United Internet an outperform vote.
United Internet has a net margin of 6.59% compared to 1&1 Drillisch's net margin of 0.00%. United Internet's return on equity of 9.59% beat 1&1 Drillisch's return on equity.
Summary
United Internet beats 1&1 Drillisch on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding UTDI and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of ETR and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
United Internet Competitors List
