Lumen Technologies (LUMN) 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.

Does the media prefer LUMN or IDT?

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

Do analysts prefer LUMN or IDT?

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

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	$13.11B	0.36	-$55M	-$0.31	-14.79
IDT	$1.21B	1.21	$64.45M	$3.79	15.20

Which has more risk & volatility, LUMN or IDT?

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.

Do institutionals & insiders believe in LUMN or IDT?

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.

Is LUMN or IDT more profitable?

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.