IDT vs. CNSL, ATNI, VZ, T, LUMN, TDS, SHEN, ATEX, CXDO, and SURG
Should you be buying IDT stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of IDT include Consolidated Communications (CNSL), ATN International (ATNI), Verizon Communications (VZ), AT&T (T), Lumen Technologies (LUMN), Telephone and Data Systems (TDS), Shenandoah Telecommunications (SHEN), Anterix (ATEX), Crexendo (CXDO), and SurgePays (SURG). These companies are all part of the "telephone communication, except radio" industry.
IDT vs.
Consolidated Communications (NASDAQ:CNSL) and IDT (NYSE:IDT) are both small-cap utilities companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, dividends, community ranking, media sentiment, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation and institutional ownership.
IDT has a net margin of 6.10% compared to Consolidated Communications' net margin of -17.15%. IDT's return on equity of 22.18% beat Consolidated Communications' return on equity.
In the previous week, IDT had 6 more articles in the media than Consolidated Communications. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for IDT and 2 mentions for Consolidated Communications. IDT's average media sentiment score of 0.08 beat Consolidated Communications' score of 0.00 indicating that IDT is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
IDT has higher revenue and earnings than Consolidated Communications. 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.
80.0% of Consolidated Communications shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.3% of IDT shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.5% of Consolidated Communications 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 company is poised for long-term growth.
Consolidated Communications has a beta of 0.98, indicating that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, IDT has a beta of 0.81, indicating that its stock price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Consolidated Communications received 127 more outperform votes than IDT when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.18% of users gave IDT an outperform vote while only 51.71% of users gave Consolidated Communications an outperform vote.
Consolidated Communications pays an annual dividend of $1.55 per share and has a dividend yield of 32.8%. IDT pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Consolidated Communications pays out -75.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. IDT pays out 6.8% 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. Consolidated Communications is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
IDT beats Consolidated Communications on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:IDT) was last updated on 1/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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