Lumen Technologies (LUMN) Competitors

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

Do analysts rate LUMN or IDT?

Lumen Technologies presently has a consensus price target of $5.14, suggesting a potential upside of 0.72%. 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

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 more volatility & risk, LUMN or IDT?

Lumen Technologies has a beta of 1.42, suggesting that its share price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, IDT has a beta of 0.79, suggesting that its share price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in LUMN or IDT?

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

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, 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	$13.11B	0.40	-$55M	-$1.18	-4.33
IDT	$1.22B	1.35	$64.45M	$3.79	17.26

Does the media refer more to LUMN or IDT?

In the previous week, Lumen Technologies had 17 more articles in the media than IDT. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for Lumen Technologies and 8 mentions for IDT. IDT's average media sentiment score of 1.16 beat Lumen Technologies' score of 0.83 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	10 Very Positive mention(s)	5 Positive mention(s)	9 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
IDT	6 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

IDT beats Lumen Technologies on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.