Lumen Technologies (LUMN) Competitors

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

Does the media prefer LUMN or IDT?

In the previous week, IDT had 18 more articles in the media than Lumen Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for IDT and 5 mentions for Lumen Technologies. IDT's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Lumen Technologies' score of 0.36 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	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
IDT	8 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	9 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of 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 endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is LUMN or IDT a better dividend stock?

Lumen Technologies pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 23.1%. IDT pays an annual dividend of $0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Lumen Technologies pays out -322.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. IDT pays out 6.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. IDT has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Lumen Technologies is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Is LUMN or IDT more profitable?

IDT has a net margin of 6.10% compared to Lumen Technologies' net margin of -0.42%. IDT's return on equity of 22.18% beat Lumen Technologies' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Lumen Technologies	-0.42%	-46.17%	-0.61%
IDT	6.10%	22.18%	10.03%

Do analysts rate LUMN or IDT?

Lumen Technologies presently has a consensus target price of $4.58, suggesting a potential upside of 5.88%. Given Lumen Technologies' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities 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	2 Sell rating(s)	6 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

Which has more risk & volatility, LUMN or IDT?

Lumen Technologies has a beta of 1.38, meaning that its share price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, IDT has a beta of 0.72, meaning that its share price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in LUMN or IDT?

Lumen Technologies received 401 more outperform votes than IDT when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.44% of users gave IDT an outperform vote while only 58.80% of users gave Lumen Technologies an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Lumen Technologies	Outperform Votes 578 58.80%	Underperform Votes 405 41.20%
IDT	Outperform Votes 177 63.44%	Underperform Votes 102 36.56%

Which has better earnings & valuation, 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	$13B	0.34	-$55M	-$0.31	-13.96
IDT	$1.22B	1.34	$64.45M	$3.79	17.13

Summary

IDT beats Lumen Technologies on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.