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LUMN vs. IDT, ATNI, T, VZ, TU, BCE, RCI, VIV, TLK, and LLYVA

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), TELUS (TU), BCE (BCE), Rogers Communication (RCI), Telefonica Brasil (VIV), PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia, Tbk (TLK), and Liberty Media Corporation - Liberty Live Series A (LLYVA).

Lumen Technologies vs. Its Competitors

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

IDT has a beta of 0.74, meaning that its share price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lumen Technologies has a beta of 1.45, meaning that its share price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Lumen Technologies has a consensus target price of $5.39, suggesting a potential downside of 23.30%. Given Lumen Technologies' higher probable upside, analysts plainly 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)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Lumen Technologies
1 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.13

IDT has a net margin of 6.18% compared to Lumen Technologies' net margin of -9.19%. IDT's return on equity of 27.03% beat Lumen Technologies' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
IDT6.18% 27.03% 13.45%
Lumen Technologies -9.19%-158.40%-0.59%

In the previous week, IDT and IDT both had 5 articles in the media. Lumen Technologies' average media sentiment score of 0.35 beat IDT's score of 0.03 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
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Lumen Technologies
0 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

59.3% of IDT shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.2% of Lumen Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 25.3% of IDT shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.3% of Lumen Technologies shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
IDT$1.23B0.98$76.09M$3.0115.89
Lumen Technologies$13.11B0.55-$55M-$1.18-5.96

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

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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$7.46B$35.98B$17.16B$21.98B
Dividend YieldN/A11.64%4.60%3.59%
P/E Ratio-5.9614.5158.0532.64
Price / Sales0.553.0434.2483.16
Price / Cash2.6810.8719.3224.53
Price / Book15.283.732.304.62
Net Income-$55M$1.00B$748.50M$1.01B
7 Day Performance2.33%1.59%0.92%-0.79%
1 Month Performance26.67%-2.83%8.97%0.25%
1 Year Performance12.57%12.49%73.99%11.51%

Lumen Technologies Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
LUMN
Lumen Technologies
3.1887 of 5 stars
$7.03
-3.3%
$5.39
-23.3%
+17.5%$7.46B$13.11B-5.9625,000
IDT
IDT
1.7298 of 5 stars
$46.87
+0.5%
N/A+2.7%$1.18B$1.23B15.571,925Analyst Forecast
ATNI
ATN International
2.9886 of 5 stars
$14.10
-0.6%
$26.00
+84.4%
-53.6%$216.92M$729.08M-4.222,300Positive News
T
AT&T
4.8816 of 5 stars
$25.59
-1.1%
$30.75
+20.2%
+21.1%$183.01B$123.98B14.54140,990Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
VZ
Verizon Communications
4.948 of 5 stars
$39.76
-0.2%
$47.63
+19.8%
-7.7%$167.66B$137B9.2799,600Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
TU
TELUS
3.2897 of 5 stars
$15.25
+0.0%
$21.50
+41.0%
-6.5%$23.40B$20.42B33.14106,800Positive News
BCE
BCE
3.3687 of 5 stars
$24.31
+1.7%
$32.50
+33.7%
-29.3%$22.67B$24.41B83.8140,390Analyst Upgrade
RCI
Rogers Communication
4.0955 of 5 stars
$36.81
+0.1%
$33.00
-10.4%
-3.6%$19.80B$15.04B18.3124,000News Coverage
Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
VIV
Telefonica Brasil
3.8958 of 5 stars
$11.90
+1.0%
$12.53
+5.3%
-36.5%$19.35B$57.66B19.1935,986Positive News
TLK
PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia, Tbk
N/A$18.52
+1.2%
N/A+0.9%$18.34B$9.45B12.9521,673Positive News
Gap Down
LLYVA
Liberty Media Corporation - Liberty Live Series A
N/A$86.74
+1.0%
N/A+64.7%$7.97BN/A-27.816,800Positive News

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This page (NYSE:LUMN) was last updated on 10/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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