VEON (VEON) Competitors

VEON (NASDAQ:VEON) and Paramount Global (NASDAQ:PARAA) are both utilities companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, community ranking, risk, media sentiment and profitability.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of VEON or PARAA?

21.3% of VEON shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.0% of Paramount Global shares are held by institutional investors. 1.7% of Paramount Global shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer VEON or PARAA?

In the previous week, Paramount Global had 9 more articles in the media than VEON. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Paramount Global and 11 mentions for VEON. VEON's average media sentiment score of 0.69 beat Paramount Global's score of -0.18 indicating that VEON is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
VEON	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Paramount Global	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	11 Neutral mention(s)	7 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is VEON or PARAA a better dividend stock?

VEON pays an annual dividend of $0.23 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Paramount Global pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. VEON pays out 3.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Paramount Global pays out -2.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Paramount Global has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Paramount Global is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Is VEON or PARAA more profitable?

Paramount Global has a net margin of -18.89% compared to VEON's net margin of -81.71%. VEON's return on equity of 36.48% beat Paramount Global's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
VEON	-81.71%	36.48%	5.49%
Paramount Global	-18.89%	5.81%	2.33%

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, VEON or PARAA?

Paramount Global has higher revenue and earnings than VEON. Paramount Global is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than VEON, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
VEON	$4.00B	0.87	-$2.53B	$6.34	7.41
Paramount Global	$28.72B	0.53	-$608M	-$8.23	-2.73

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in VEON or PARAA?

VEON received 408 more outperform votes than Paramount Global when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.93% of users gave VEON an outperform vote while only 33.33% of users gave Paramount Global an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
VEON	Outperform Votes 409 57.93%	Underperform Votes 297 42.07%
Paramount Global	Outperform Votes 1 33.33%	Underperform Votes 2 66.67%

Which has more risk & volatility, VEON or PARAA?

VEON has a beta of 1.51, meaning that its stock price is 51% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Paramount Global has a beta of 1.3, meaning that its stock price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend VEON or PARAA?

VEON presently has a consensus target price of $60.00, suggesting a potential upside of 27.66%. Given VEON's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe VEON is more favorable than Paramount Global.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
VEON	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Paramount Global	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Summary

VEON beats Paramount Global on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.