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.
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.
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.
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.
Summary
IDT beats Lumen Technologies on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:LUMN) was last updated on 10/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff