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LUMN vs. IDT, ATNI, T, VZ, TLK, LLYVA, VEON, LBTYA, TV, and SHEN

Should you be buying Lumen Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lumen Technologies include IDT (IDT), ATN International (ATNI), AT&T (T), Verizon Communications (VZ), PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia, Tbk (TLK), Liberty Media Corporation - Liberty Live Series A (LLYVA), VEON (VEON), Liberty Global (LBTYA), Grupo Televisa (TV), and Shenandoah Telecommunications (SHEN).

Lumen Technologies vs. Its Competitors

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

In the previous week, Lumen Technologies and Lumen Technologies both had 6 articles in the media. IDT's average media sentiment score of 0.80 beat Lumen Technologies' score of 0.53 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
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
IDT
2 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Lumen Technologies presently has a consensus price target of $4.58, indicating a potential downside of 0.01%. Given Lumen Technologies' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Lumen Technologies is more favorable than IDT.

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

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Lumen Technologies$13.11B0.36-$55M-$0.31-14.79
IDT$1.21B1.21$64.45M$3.7915.20

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

66.2% of Lumen Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.3% of IDT shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.3% of Lumen Technologies shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 25.3% 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.

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
Lumen Technologies-2.41% -75.08% -0.87%
IDT 7.85%26.38%12.84%

Summary

IDT beats Lumen Technologies on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding LUMN and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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LUMN vs. The Competition

MetricLumen TechnologiesDiversified Comm Services IndustryUtilities SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$4.59B$32.74B$15.93B$21.04B
Dividend YieldN/A18.27%5.41%3.61%
P/E Ratio-14.7926.8920.2427.92
Price / Sales0.363.26200.3968.25
Price / Cash1.6511.1319.0123.29
Price / Book9.973.452.154.54
Net Income-$55M$1.00B$751.46M$993.24M
7 Day Performance0.42%-1.47%-0.81%-1.51%
1 Month Performance4.42%2.56%21.23%3.16%
1 Year Performance71.69%20.58%143.22%9.14%

Lumen Technologies Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
LUMN
Lumen Technologies
1.6336 of 5 stars
$4.58
+2.6%
$4.58
0.0%
+136.9%$4.59B$13.11B-14.7925,000Upcoming Earnings
IDT
IDT
1.502 of 5 stars
$57.23
+1.6%
N/A+50.7%$1.45B$1.22B15.111,833Trending News
ATNI
ATN International
3.9192 of 5 stars
$17.99
+2.3%
$26.00
+44.6%
-36.0%$272.76M$729.08M-7.762,300News Coverage
T
AT&T
4.4654 of 5 stars
$27.42
+1.8%
$29.17
+6.4%
+45.1%$197.12B$122.34B16.81140,990Trending News
Earnings Report
VZ
Verizon Communications
4.958 of 5 stars
$42.67
+4.5%
$47.00
+10.2%
+6.7%$180.01B$134.79B10.1799,600Trending News
TLK
PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia, Tbk
N/A$17.21
+1.6%
N/A-7.1%$17.06B$9.45B11.6421,673Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
LLYVA
Liberty Media Corporation - Liberty Live Series A
0.8171 of 5 stars
$80.28
-0.1%
N/A+122.6%$7.37BN/A297.376,800Positive News
VEON
VEON
1.5878 of 5 stars
$51.63
+1.0%
$60.00
+16.2%
+107.8%$3.82B$4.00B8.1518,027Gap Up
LBTYA
Liberty Global
2.1893 of 5 stars
$10.07
+1.7%
$14.94
+48.5%
-50.1%$3.48B$4.34B-10.396,820Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
TV
Grupo Televisa
3.7708 of 5 stars
$2.13
+2.2%
$3.87
+82.0%
+12.6%$1.18B$61.28B-2.6728,038Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
SHEN
Shenandoah Telecommunications
3.3368 of 5 stars
$15.04
+2.1%
$26.00
+72.9%
-27.9%$824.00M$328.06M-24.621,089Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Insider Trade

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This page (NYSE:LUMN) was last updated on 7/30/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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