PLDT (PHI) Competitors

Frontier Communications Parent (NASDAQ:FYBR) and PLDT (NYSE:PHI) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment and valuation.

Which has more volatility and risk, FYBR or PHI?

Frontier Communications Parent has a beta of 1.05, indicating that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PLDT has a beta of 0.6, indicating that its stock price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to FYBR or PHI?

In the previous week, Frontier Communications Parent had 4 more articles in the media than PLDT. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Frontier Communications Parent and 2 mentions for PLDT. PLDT's average media sentiment score of 0.86 beat Frontier Communications Parent's score of 0.35 indicating that Frontier Communications Parent is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Frontier Communications Parent	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
PLDT	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer FYBR or PHI?

PLDT received 327 more outperform votes than Frontier Communications Parent when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.13% of users gave PLDT an outperform vote while only 55.17% of users gave Frontier Communications Parent an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Frontier Communications Parent	Outperform Votes 32 55.17%	Underperform Votes 26 44.83%
PLDT	Outperform Votes 359 60.13%	Underperform Votes 238 39.87%

Do insiders & institutionals believe in FYBR or PHI?

2.3% of PLDT shares are held by institutional investors. 1.4% of Frontier Communications Parent shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of PLDT shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is FYBR or PHI more profitable?

PLDT has a net margin of 12.61% compared to PLDT's net margin of 0.50%. Frontier Communications Parent's return on equity of 20.61% beat PLDT's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Frontier Communications Parent	0.50%	0.56%	0.15%
PLDT	12.61%	20.61%	3.77%

Do analysts rate FYBR or PHI?

Frontier Communications Parent currently has a consensus target price of $27.43, suggesting a potential upside of 19.62%. Given PLDT's higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Frontier Communications Parent is more favorable than PLDT.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Frontier Communications Parent	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.71
PLDT	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, FYBR or PHI?

PLDT has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Frontier Communications Parent. PLDT is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Frontier Communications Parent, 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
Frontier Communications Parent	$5.75B	0.99	$29M	$0.12	191.08
PLDT	$3.79B	1.35	$479.05M	$0.88	27.03

Summary

PLDT beats Frontier Communications Parent on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.