SHEN vs. ATEX, ATNI, LUMN, TDS, CNSL, IDT, EDN, UTL, MSEX, and CLNE
Should you be buying Shenandoah Telecommunications stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Shenandoah Telecommunications include Anterix (ATEX), ATN International (ATNI), Lumen Technologies (LUMN), Telephone and Data Systems (TDS), Consolidated Communications (CNSL), IDT (IDT), Empresa Distribuidora y Comercializadora Norte Sociedad Anónima (EDN), Unitil (UTL), Middlesex Water (MSEX), and Clean Energy Fuels (CLNE).
Anterix (NASDAQ:ATEX) and Shenandoah Telecommunications (NASDAQ:SHEN) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, community ranking, media sentiment, dividends and profitability.
Anterix has a net margin of 447.16% compared to Anterix's net margin of 2.80%. Anterix's return on equity of 1.24% beat Shenandoah Telecommunications' return on equity.
Anterix has a beta of 0.68, indicating that its stock price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Shenandoah Telecommunications has a beta of 0.52, indicating that its stock price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Shenandoah Telecommunications had 8 more articles in the media than Anterix. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Shenandoah Telecommunications and 0 mentions for Anterix. Anterix's average media sentiment score of 0.13 beat Shenandoah Telecommunications' score of 0.00 indicating that Shenandoah Telecommunications is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Shenandoah Telecommunications has higher revenue and earnings than Anterix. Anterix 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 received 397 more outperform votes than Anterix when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.92% of users gave Shenandoah Telecommunications an outperform vote while only 47.95% of users gave Anterix an outperform vote.
Anterix presently has a consensus price target of $58.00, indicating a potential upside of 80.07%. Shenandoah Telecommunications has a consensus price target of $25.00, indicating a potential upside of 86.71%. Given Anterix's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Shenandoah Telecommunications is more favorable than Anterix.
87.7% of Anterix shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 62.0% of Shenandoah Telecommunications shares are owned by institutional investors. 31.7% of Anterix shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.4% of Shenandoah Telecommunications shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Shenandoah Telecommunications beats Anterix on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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