ATNI vs. T, VZ, LUMN, IDT, SHEN, ATEX, CXDO, SURG, NXPL, and ATTOF
Should you be buying ATN International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ATN International include AT&T (T), Verizon Communications (VZ), Lumen Technologies (LUMN), IDT (IDT), Shenandoah Telecommunications (SHEN), Anterix (ATEX), Crexendo (CXDO), SurgePays (SURG), NextPlat (NXPL), and Atento (ATTOF). These companies are all part of the "telephone communication, except radio" industry.
ATN International vs.
AT&T (NYSE:T) and ATN International (NASDAQ:ATNI) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, dividends, profitability, risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
AT&T has a beta of 0.42, indicating that its stock price is 58% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ATN International has a beta of 0.66, indicating that its stock price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500.
AT&T has a net margin of 8.95% compared to ATN International's net margin of -4.79%. AT&T's return on equity of 13.97% beat ATN International's return on equity.
AT&T pays an annual dividend of $1.11 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. ATN International pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.4%. AT&T pays out 68.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. ATN International pays out -41.6% 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. ATN International is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
AT&T currently has a consensus price target of $28.71, suggesting a potential upside of 3.79%. ATN International has a consensus price target of $26.00, suggesting a potential upside of 73.97%. Given ATN International's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe ATN International is more favorable than AT&T.
AT&T has higher revenue and earnings than ATN International. ATN International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AT&T, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
AT&T received 1173 more outperform votes than ATN International when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.21% of users gave AT&T an outperform vote while only 59.56% of users gave ATN International an outperform vote.
57.1% of AT&T shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.5% of ATN International shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of AT&T shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.1% of ATN International shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, AT&T had 68 more articles in the media than ATN International. MarketBeat recorded 73 mentions for AT&T and 5 mentions for ATN International. AT&T's average media sentiment score of 0.81 beat ATN International's score of 0.31 indicating that AT&T is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
AT&T beats ATN International on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:ATNI) was last updated on 5/1/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
