CNSL vs. ATNI, ATEX, CXDO, IDT, SHEN, TDS, YORW, CLNE, GNE, and CWCO
Should you be buying Consolidated Communications stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Consolidated Communications include ATN International (ATNI), Anterix (ATEX), Crexendo (CXDO), IDT (IDT), Shenandoah Telecommunications (SHEN), Telephone and Data Systems (TDS), York Water (YORW), Clean Energy Fuels (CLNE), Genie Energy (GNE), and Consolidated Water (CWCO).
ATN International (NASDAQ:ATNI) and Consolidated Communications (NASDAQ:CNSL) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, dividends and earnings.
ATN International presently has a consensus target price of $40.00, indicating a potential upside of 103.36%. Given Consolidated Communications' higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe ATN International is more favorable than Consolidated Communications.
65.5% of ATN International shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.0% of Consolidated Communications shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.5% of ATN International shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of Consolidated Communications shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
ATN International has a beta of 0.39, meaning that its stock price is 61% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Consolidated Communications has a beta of 1.07, meaning that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Consolidated Communications received 10 more outperform votes than ATN International when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 59.35% of users gave ATN International an outperform vote while only 52.98% of users gave Consolidated Communications an outperform vote.
In the previous week, ATN International had 2 more articles in the media than Consolidated Communications. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for ATN International and 4 mentions for Consolidated Communications. ATN International's average media sentiment score of 0.64 beat Consolidated Communications' score of 0.03 indicating that Consolidated Communications is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
ATN International has a net margin of -1.91% compared to ATN International's net margin of -22.53%. Consolidated Communications' return on equity of -0.92% beat ATN International's return on equity.
ATN International has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Consolidated Communications. ATN International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Consolidated Communications, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
ATN International beats Consolidated Communications on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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