ATN International (ATNI) Competitors

AT&T (NYSE:T) and ATN International (NASDAQ:ATNI) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, profitability, valuation and risk.

Do analysts rate T or ATNI?

AT&T presently has a consensus price target of $29.12, indicating a potential upside of 7.97%. ATN International has a consensus price target of $26.00, indicating a potential upside of 43.57%. Given ATN International's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe ATN International is more favorable than AT&T.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
AT&T	1 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	17 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.72
ATN International	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has better earnings and valuation, T or ATNI?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
AT&T	$122.34B	1.59	$10.95B	$1.63	16.55
ATN International	$729.08M	0.38	-$26.43M	-$2.31	-7.84

Do insiders & institutionals believe in T or ATNI?

57.1% of AT&T shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.5% of ATN International shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of AT&T shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 5.4% of ATN International shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is T or ATNI a better dividend stock?

AT&T pays an annual dividend of $1.11 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. ATN International pays an annual dividend of $1.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.1%. AT&T pays out 68.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. ATN International pays out -47.6% 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 has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years. ATN International is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Is T or ATNI more profitable?

AT&T has a net margin of 9.64% compared to ATN International's net margin of -4.03%. AT&T's return on equity of 13.63% beat ATN International's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
AT&T	9.64%	13.63%	4.08%
ATN International	-4.03%	1.27%	0.44%

Which has more risk & volatility, T or ATNI?

AT&T has a beta of 0.42, indicating that its share price is 58% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ATN International has a beta of 0.66, indicating that its share price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor T or ATNI?

In the previous week, AT&T had 81 more articles in the media than ATN International. MarketBeat recorded 83 mentions for AT&T and 2 mentions for ATN International. ATN International's average media sentiment score of 1.49 beat AT&T's score of 1.05 indicating that ATN International is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
AT&T	49 Very Positive mention(s)	10 Positive mention(s)	15 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	2 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
ATN International	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

AT&T beats ATN International on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.