Lumen Technologies (LUMN) Competitors

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

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership 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 large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more risk & volatility, IDT or LUMN?

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

Does the media prefer IDT or LUMN?

In the previous week, IDT had 11 more articles in the media than Lumen Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for IDT and 10 mentions for Lumen Technologies. Lumen Technologies' average media sentiment score of 0.58 beat IDT's score of 0.21 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	4 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	10 Neutral mention(s)	4 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Lumen Technologies	2 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts recommend IDT or LUMN?

Lumen Technologies has a consensus price target of $5.39, indicating a potential downside of 17.87%. Given Lumen Technologies' higher possible upside, analysts clearly 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

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	1.02	$64.45M	$3.01	16.51
Lumen Technologies	$13.11B	0.51	-$55M	-$1.18	-5.56

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%

Summary

IDT beats Lumen Technologies on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.