VEON (VEON) Competitors

VEON (NASDAQ:VEON) and Roku (NASDAQ:ROKU) are both communication companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk and media sentiment.

Do analysts prefer VEON or ROKU?

VEON currently has a consensus price target of $60.00, indicating a potential upside of 29.58%. Roku has a consensus price target of $90.87, indicating a potential upside of 2.39%. Given VEON's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe VEON is more favorable than Roku.

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)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.50
Roku	1 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	16 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.73

Which has higher valuation and earnings, VEON or ROKU?

VEON has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Roku. Roku 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	0.86	$415M	$6.34	7.30
Roku	$4.11B	3.15	-$129.39M	-$0.73	-121.57

Is VEON or ROKU more profitable?

VEON has a net margin of 11.18% compared to Roku's net margin of -2.49%. VEON's return on equity of 36.24% beat Roku's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
VEON	11.18%	36.24%	5.88%
Roku	-2.49%	-4.29%	-2.51%

Do institutionals & insiders believe in VEON or ROKU?

21.3% of VEON shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.3% of Roku shares are owned by institutional investors. 14.0% of Roku shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media prefer VEON or ROKU?

In the previous week, Roku had 31 more articles in the media than VEON. MarketBeat recorded 31 mentions for Roku and 0 mentions for VEON. VEON's average media sentiment score of 0.65 beat Roku's score of 0.65 indicating that VEON is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
VEON	Positive
Roku	Positive

Which has more volatility & risk, VEON or ROKU?

VEON has a beta of 1.44, indicating that its stock price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Roku has a beta of 2.12, indicating that its stock price is 112% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

VEON beats Roku on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.