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Consolidated Communications (CNSL) Competitors

$3.53
+0.02 (+0.57%)
(As of 09/21/2023 ET)
Compare
Today's Range
$3.43
$3.57
50-Day Range
$3.12
$4.05
52-Week Range
$2.10
$5.55
Volume
343,537 shs
Average Volume
537,218 shs
Market Capitalization
$411.63 million
P/E Ratio
6.19
Dividend Yield
N/A
Price Target
$3.50

CNSL vs. IDT, SHEN, GNE, CWCO, ARTNA, GWRS, YORW, BROG, PCYO, and UTL

Should you be buying Consolidated Communications stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Consolidated Communications include IDT (IDT), Shenandoah Telecommunications (SHEN), Genie Energy (GNE), Consolidated Water (CWCO), Artesian Resources (ARTNA), Global Water Resources (GWRS), York Water (YORW), Brooge Energy (BROG), Pure Cycle (PCYO), and Unitil (UTL). These companies are all part of the "utilities" sector.

Consolidated Communications vs.

Consolidated Communications (NASDAQ:CNSL) and IDT (NYSE:IDT) are both small-cap utilities companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking and profitability.

Consolidated Communications has a net margin of 9.83% compared to IDT's net margin of 3.93%. IDT's return on equity of 28.90% beat Consolidated Communications' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Consolidated Communications9.83% -10.31% -1.76%
IDT 3.93%28.90%10.67%

80.0% of Consolidated Communications shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.3% of IDT shares are held by institutional investors. 1.7% of Consolidated Communications shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 14.8% of IDT shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Consolidated Communications has higher earnings, but lower revenue than IDT. Consolidated Communications is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than IDT, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Consolidated Communications$1.19B0.35$140.09M$0.576.19
IDT$1.36B0.42$27.03M$1.9311.65

In the previous week, IDT had 2 more articles in the media than Consolidated Communications. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for IDT and 1 mentions for Consolidated Communications. Consolidated Communications' average media sentiment score of 1.67 beat IDT's score of 0.26 indicating that Consolidated Communications is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Consolidated Communications
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
IDT
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Consolidated Communications received 133 more outperform votes than IDT when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.83% of users gave IDT an outperform vote while only 55.11% of users gave Consolidated Communications an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Consolidated CommunicationsOutperform Votes
302
55.11%
Underperform Votes
246
44.89%
IDTOutperform Votes
169
62.83%
Underperform Votes
100
37.17%

Consolidated Communications currently has a consensus target price of $3.50, indicating a potential downside of 0.85%. Given Consolidated Communications' higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Consolidated Communications is more favorable than IDT.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Consolidated Communications
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
IDT
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
N/A

Consolidated Communications has a beta of 1.22, indicating that its share price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, IDT has a beta of 0.99, indicating that its share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

IDT beats Consolidated Communications on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.


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Media Sentiment Over Time

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CNSL vs. The Competition

MetricConsolidated CommunicationsTelephone communication, except radio IndustryUtilities SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$411.63M$20.58B$11.95B$6.27B
Dividend YieldN/A3.89%4.13%5.88%
P/E Ratio6.195.2695.2013.70
Price / Sales0.357.6437.3168.98
Price / Cash1.6011.4325.85101.50
Price / Book0.572.441.954.72
Net Income$140.09M$683.25M$523.32M$185.68M
7 Day Performance-3.55%-1.52%-1.49%-3.32%
1 Month Performance-11.08%-3.19%-0.92%-4.41%
1 Year Performance-31.59%-7.68%-4.03%1.33%

Consolidated Communications Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
IDT
IDT
1.9408 of 5 stars
$22.70
-1.8%
N/A-9.1%$578.85M$1.36B11.761,690
SHEN
Shenandoah Telecommunications
1.3422 of 5 stars
$20.80
+0.7%
$20.00
-3.8%
+10.4%$1.05B$267.37M-2,077.92842News Coverage
GNE
Genie Energy
2.1628 of 5 stars
$14.92
+1.9%
N/A+53.1%$409.70M$315.54M6.17172Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
CWCO
Consolidated Water
1.9334 of 5 stars
$29.79
-1.3%
$28.00
-6.0%
+67.0%$468.90M$94.11M0.00223News Coverage
ARTNA
Artesian Resources
3.2635 of 5 stars
$45.84
-1.4%
N/A-15.5%$470.78M$98.90M26.65252Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
Positive News
GWRS
Global Water Resources
2.2593 of 5 stars
$10.70
-0.7%
N/A-17.5%$258.62M$44.73M38.2194News Coverage
YORW
York Water
2.9804 of 5 stars
$39.82
-1.3%
N/A-9.6%$569.82M$60.06M27.27116
BROG
Brooge Energy
0 of 5 stars
$5.23
flat
N/A-36.1%$573.16M$81.54M0.0023Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Up
PCYO
Pure Cycle
0 of 5 stars
$9.90
-0.7%
N/A+6.6%$238.19M$23M25.3835Positive News
UTL
Unitil
1.9953 of 5 stars
$47.15
-0.6%
$51.00
+8.2%
-7.0%$758.64M$563.20M17.46527Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:CNSL) was last updated on 9/21/2023 by MarketBeat.com Staff

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