VEON vs. USM, SPOK, SIDU, SYTA, TIGO, SKM, TMUS, CHT, VOD, and TU
Should you be buying VEON stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of VEON include United States Cellular (USM), Spok (SPOK), Sidus Space (SIDU), Siyata Mobile (SYTA), Millicom International Cellular (TIGO), SK Telecom (SKM), T-Mobile US (TMUS), Chunghwa Telecom (CHT), Vodafone Group Public (VOD), and TELUS (TU). These companies are all part of the "radiotelephone communication" industry.
United States Cellular (NYSE:USM) and VEON (NASDAQ:VEON) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, community ranking, earnings, profitability, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
United States Cellular has higher revenue and earnings than VEON.
United States Cellular has a beta of 0.53, indicating that its share price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, VEON has a beta of 1.58, indicating that its share price is 58% more volatile than the S&P 500.
United States Cellular presently has a consensus price target of $58.75, indicating a potential upside of 12.76%. Given VEON's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe United States Cellular is more favorable than VEON.
VEON received 165 more outperform votes than United States Cellular when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.69% of users gave VEON an outperform vote while only 56.47% of users gave United States Cellular an outperform vote.
18.0% of United States Cellular shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 21.3% of VEON shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of United States Cellular shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, VEON had 3 more articles in the media than United States Cellular. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for VEON and 6 mentions for United States Cellular. VEON's average media sentiment score of 0.08 beat United States Cellular's score of -0.07 indicating that United States Cellular is being referred to more favorably in the media.
United States Cellular has a net margin of 1.55% compared to United States Cellular's net margin of 0.00%. VEON's return on equity of 1.30% beat United States Cellular's return on equity.
Summary
United States Cellular beats VEON on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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