Lumen Technologies (LUMN) 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.

Which has more risk and volatility, IDT or LUMN?

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.

Do analysts prefer IDT or LUMN?

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

Is IDT or LUMN more profitable?

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
IDT	6.18%	27.03%	13.45%
Lumen Technologies	-9.19%	-158.40%	-0.59%

Does the media favor IDT or LUMN?

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

Do insiders and institutionals believe in IDT or LUMN?

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.

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, IDT or LUMN?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
IDT	$1.23B	0.98	$76.09M	$3.01	15.89
Lumen Technologies	$13.11B	0.55	-$55M	-$1.18	-5.96

Summary

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