IDT (IDT) Competitors

Consolidated Communications (NASDAQ:CNSL) and IDT (NYSE:IDT) are both small-cap utilities companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, earnings and risk.

Do insiders & institutionals believe in CNSL or IDT?

80.0% of Consolidated Communications shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.3% of IDT shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.7% of Consolidated Communications shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 15.0% of IDT shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media favor CNSL or IDT?

In the previous week, Consolidated Communications had 2 more articles in the media than IDT. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Consolidated Communications and 2 mentions for IDT. IDT's average media sentiment score of 0.86 beat Consolidated Communications' score of 0.31 indicating that Consolidated Communications is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Consolidated Communications	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
IDT	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has more risk & volatility, CNSL or IDT?

Consolidated Communications has a beta of 1.2, indicating that its stock price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, IDT has a beta of 1.08, indicating that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer CNSL or IDT?

Consolidated Communications presently has a consensus target price of $3.50, indicating a potential downside of 18.79%. Given IDT's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Consolidated Communications is more favorable than IDT.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Consolidated Communications	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
IDT	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Is CNSL or IDT more profitable?

IDT has a net margin of 3.27% compared to IDT's net margin of -21.04%. Consolidated Communications' return on equity of 22.88% beat IDT's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Consolidated Communications	-21.04%	-15.04%	-2.39%
IDT	3.27%	22.88%	8.72%

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, CNSL or IDT?

Consolidated Communications has higher earnings, but lower revenue than IDT. Consolidated Communications 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
Consolidated Communications	$1.19B	0.42	$140.09M	-$2.49	-1.73
IDT	$1.24B	0.60	$40.49M	$1.58	18.58

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CNSL or IDT?

Consolidated Communications received 133 more outperform votes than IDT when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.36% of users gave IDT an outperform vote while only 54.71% of users gave Consolidated Communications an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Consolidated Communications	Outperform Votes 302 54.71%	Underperform Votes 250 45.29%
IDT	Outperform Votes 169 62.36%	Underperform Votes 102 37.64%

Summary

IDT beats Consolidated Communications on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.