Lumen Technologies (LUMN) Competitors

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

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, 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	$1.22B	1.37	$64.45M	$3.79	17.55
Lumen Technologies	$13.11B	0.45	-$55M	-$1.18	-4.91

Do analysts prefer IDT or LUMN?

Lumen Technologies has a consensus target price of $5.14, indicating a potential downside of 11.27%. Given Lumen Technologies' stronger consensus rating and higher probable 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	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.29

Which has more risk and volatility, IDT or LUMN?

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

Does the media prefer IDT or LUMN?

In the previous week, Lumen Technologies had 12 more articles in the media than IDT. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Lumen Technologies and 6 mentions for IDT. Lumen Technologies' average media sentiment score of 1.04 beat IDT's score of 0.41 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	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Lumen Technologies	10 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

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 large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is IDT or LUMN 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
IDT	7.85%	26.38%	12.84%
Lumen Technologies	-9.19%	-158.40%	-0.59%

Summary

IDT and Lumen Technologies tied by winning 8 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.