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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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