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IDT (IDT) Competitors

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Today's Range
$28.01
$29.50
50-Day Range
$21.95
$29.71
52-Week Range
$21.64
$35.18
Volume
111,820 shs
Average Volume
81,317 shs
Market Capitalization
$738.45 million
P/E Ratio
18.58
Dividend Yield
N/A
Price Target
N/A

IDT vs. CNSL, SHEN, TDS, GNE, CLNE, UTL, EDN, CWCO, YORW, and ARIS

Should you be buying IDT stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of IDT include Consolidated Communications (CNSL), Shenandoah Telecommunications (SHEN), Telephone and Data Systems (TDS), Genie Energy (GNE), Clean Energy Fuels (CLNE), Unitil (UTL), Empresa Distribuidora y Comercializadora Norte Sociedad Anónima (EDN), Consolidated Water (CWCO), York Water (YORW), and Aris Water Solutions (ARIS). These companies are all part of the "utilities" sector.

IDT vs.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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%

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Consolidated Communications$1.19B0.42$140.09M-$2.49-1.73
IDT$1.24B0.60$40.49M$1.5818.58

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.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Consolidated CommunicationsOutperform Votes
302
54.71%
Underperform Votes
250
45.29%
IDTOutperform 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.


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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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IDT vs. The Competition

MetricIDTTelephone communication, except radio IndustryUtilities SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$738.45M$22.39B$11.94B$15.89B
Dividend YieldN/A3.72%4.29%3.74%
P/E Ratio18.5817.2698.1224.69
Price / Sales0.608.9126.527.20
Price / Cash11.5012.5925.7117.38
Price / Book3.712.351.874.67
Net Income$40.49M$693.31M$654.27M$908.09M
7 Day Performance2.59%1.37%0.84%2.49%
1 Month Performance1.93%8.86%3.02%11.31%
1 Year Performance9.23%-1.47%-3.08%2.64%

IDT Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CNSL
Consolidated Communications
1.4357 of 5 stars
$4.21
+0.2%
$3.50
-16.9%
-6.1%$490.42M$1.19B-1.693,200Analyst Report
Short Interest ↓
SHEN
Shenandoah Telecommunications
1.0819 of 5 stars
$23.11
-1.4%
$22.00
-4.8%
+20.8%$1.16B$284.88M330.14842Positive News
TDS
Telephone and Data Systems
2.4047 of 5 stars
$19.28
-2.0%
$26.33
+36.6%
+103.1%$2.18B$5.41B-24.419,300Dividend Announcement
GNE
Genie Energy
2.2565 of 5 stars
$25.00
+1.6%
N/A+139.1%$685.45M$405.18M11.11172Insider Selling
Short Interest ↓
CLNE
Clean Energy Fuels
1.9073 of 5 stars
$3.47
-5.2%
$9.71
+180.0%
-42.7%$773.88M$432.06M-8.26496Gap Down
UTL
Unitil
1.7178 of 5 stars
$49.09
-0.2%
$51.00
+3.9%
-8.1%$790.25M$589M17.79530Short Interest ↑
EDN
Empresa Distribuidora y Comercializadora Norte Sociedad Anónima
0 of 5 stars
$14.04
-2.0%
N/A+131.3%$649.48M$261.07B3.414,658Short Interest ↓
High Trading Volume
CWCO
Consolidated Water
2.3129 of 5 stars
$35.39
+3.4%
$28.00
-20.9%
+148.6%$557.29M$155.39M0.00223Dividend Announcement
Short Interest ↓
Positive News
YORW
York Water
2.687 of 5 stars
$37.21
-0.2%
N/A-15.3%$532.92M$68.05M23.40116Positive News
ARIS
Aris Water Solutions
3.5896 of 5 stars
$7.93
-2.8%
$13.43
+69.3%
-48.8%$457.50M$370.86M16.18196Analyst Report
Short Interest ↓

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