SHEN vs. BB, SPOK, CCI, SBAC, USM, TDS, IDT, ATEX, ATNI, and CXDO
Should you be buying Shenandoah Telecommunications stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Shenandoah Telecommunications include BlackBerry (BB), Spok (SPOK), Crown Castle (CCI), SBA Communications (SBAC), United States Cellular (USM), Telephone and Data Systems (TDS), IDT (IDT), Anterix (ATEX), ATN International (ATNI), and Crexendo (CXDO).
Shenandoah Telecommunications vs. Its Competitors
Shenandoah Telecommunications (NASDAQ:SHEN) and BlackBerry (NYSE:BB) are both utilities companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, profitability, dividends, community ranking and earnings.
Shenandoah Telecommunications has a beta of 0.87, indicating that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BlackBerry has a beta of 1.45, indicating that its stock price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Shenandoah Telecommunications had 18 more articles in the media than BlackBerry. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Shenandoah Telecommunications and 2 mentions for BlackBerry. Shenandoah Telecommunications' average media sentiment score of 1.44 beat BlackBerry's score of 0.08 indicating that Shenandoah Telecommunications is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Shenandoah Telecommunications has higher earnings, but lower revenue than BlackBerry. BlackBerry is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Shenandoah Telecommunications, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Shenandoah Telecommunications has a net margin of 58.03% compared to BlackBerry's net margin of -21.16%. BlackBerry's return on equity of -2.02% beat Shenandoah Telecommunications' return on equity.
Shenandoah Telecommunications currently has a consensus price target of $26.00, indicating a potential upside of 87.32%. BlackBerry has a consensus price target of $4.12, indicating a potential downside of 1.93%. Given Shenandoah Telecommunications' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Shenandoah Telecommunications is more favorable than BlackBerry.
62.0% of Shenandoah Telecommunications shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 54.5% of BlackBerry shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.5% of Shenandoah Telecommunications shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of BlackBerry shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
BlackBerry received 312 more outperform votes than Shenandoah Telecommunications when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.59% of users gave BlackBerry an outperform vote while only 67.33% of users gave Shenandoah Telecommunications an outperform vote.
Summary
BlackBerry beats Shenandoah Telecommunications on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (NASDAQ:SHEN) was last updated on 6/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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