IDT (IDT) Competitors

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

Is IDT or LUMN a better dividend stock?

IDT pays an annual dividend of $0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Lumen Technologies pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 22.2%. IDT pays out 6.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Lumen Technologies pays out -322.6% 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.

Does the media favor IDT or LUMN?

In the previous week, Lumen Technologies had 1 more articles in the media than IDT. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Lumen Technologies and 5 mentions for IDT. Lumen Technologies' average media sentiment score of 0.71 beat IDT's score of 0.09 indicating that Lumen Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
IDT	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Lumen Technologies	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more volatility and risk, IDT or LUMN?

IDT has a beta of 0.73, indicating that its share price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lumen Technologies has a beta of 1.39, indicating that its share price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals and insiders believe in IDT or LUMN?

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

Do analysts rate IDT or LUMN?

Lumen Technologies has a consensus price target of $4.58, suggesting a potential upside of 1.74%. Given Lumen Technologies' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Lumen Technologies is more favorable than IDT.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
IDT	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Lumen Technologies	2 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Which has higher valuation & earnings, IDT or LUMN?

IDT has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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
IDT	$1.21B	1.21	$64.45M	$3.79	15.27
Lumen Technologies	$13B	0.36	-$55M	-$0.31	-14.53

Is IDT or LUMN more profitable?

IDT has a net margin of 7.85% compared to Lumen Technologies' net margin of -2.41%. IDT's return on equity of 26.38% beat Lumen Technologies' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
IDT	7.85%	26.38%	12.84%
Lumen Technologies	-2.41%	-75.08%	-0.87%

Summary

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