IDT (IDT) Competitors

Lumen Technologies (NYSE:LUMN) and IDT (NYSE:IDT) are both utilities companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, earnings, dividends and media sentiment.

Do analysts recommend LUMN or IDT?

Lumen Technologies presently has a consensus price target of $5.29, suggesting a potential upside of 6.15%. Given Lumen Technologies' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Lumen Technologies is more favorable than IDT.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Lumen Technologies	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.29
IDT	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Do institutionals and insiders believe in LUMN or IDT?

66.2% of Lumen Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.3% of IDT shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.3% of Lumen Technologies shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 25.3% of IDT shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility and risk, LUMN or IDT?

Lumen Technologies has a beta of 1.43, suggesting that its share price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, IDT has a beta of 0.74, suggesting that its share price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer LUMN or IDT?

In the previous week, Lumen Technologies had 5 more articles in the media than IDT. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Lumen Technologies and 5 mentions for IDT. IDT's average media sentiment score of 1.54 beat Lumen Technologies' score of 1.02 indicating that IDT is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Lumen Technologies	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
IDT	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Is LUMN or IDT more profitable?

IDT has a net margin of 7.85% compared to Lumen Technologies' net margin of -9.19%. IDT's return on equity of 26.38% beat Lumen Technologies' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Lumen Technologies	-9.19%	-158.40%	-0.59%
IDT	7.85%	26.38%	12.84%

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, LUMN or IDT?

IDT has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Lumen Technologies. Lumen Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than IDT, 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
Lumen Technologies	$12.82B	0.40	-$55M	-$1.18	-4.22
IDT	$1.21B	1.34	$64.45M	$3.79	16.89

Is LUMN or IDT a better dividend stock?

Lumen Technologies pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 20.1%. IDT pays an annual dividend of $0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Lumen Technologies pays out -84.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. IDT pays out 6.3% 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. IDT has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Lumen Technologies is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

IDT beats Lumen Technologies on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.