TDS vs. SHEN, IDT, CNSL, SJW, VEON, TAC, NWN, HE, CPK, and KEN
Should you be buying Telephone and Data Systems stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Telephone and Data Systems include Shenandoah Telecommunications (SHEN), IDT (IDT), Consolidated Communications (CNSL), SJW Group (SJW), VEON (VEON), TransAlta (TAC), Northwest Natural (NWN), Hawaiian Electric Industries (HE), Chesapeake Utilities (CPK), and Kenon (KEN). These companies are all part of the "utilities" sector.
Telephone and Data Systems (NYSE:TDS) and Shenandoah Telecommunications (NASDAQ:SHEN) are both small-cap utilities companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, profitability, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
Shenandoah Telecommunications has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Telephone and Data Systems. Telephone and Data Systems is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Shenandoah Telecommunications, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Telephone and Data Systems pays an annual dividend of $0.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. Shenandoah Telecommunications pays an annual dividend of $0.09 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Telephone and Data Systems pays out -15.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Shenandoah Telecommunications pays out 56.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Telephone and Data Systems is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, Shenandoah Telecommunications had 3 more articles in the media than Telephone and Data Systems. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Shenandoah Telecommunications and 4 mentions for Telephone and Data Systems. Telephone and Data Systems' average media sentiment score of 0.32 beat Shenandoah Telecommunications' score of 0.17 indicating that Telephone and Data Systems is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Telephone and Data Systems has a beta of 0.81, indicating that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Shenandoah Telecommunications has a beta of 0.52, indicating that its share price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Shenandoah Telecommunications received 144 more outperform votes than Telephone and Data Systems when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.92% of users gave Shenandoah Telecommunications an outperform vote while only 65.16% of users gave Telephone and Data Systems an outperform vote.
Telephone and Data Systems presently has a consensus target price of $26.33, suggesting a potential upside of 68.26%. Shenandoah Telecommunications has a consensus target price of $25.00, suggesting a potential upside of 83.02%. Given Shenandoah Telecommunications' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Shenandoah Telecommunications is more favorable than Telephone and Data Systems.
80.0% of Telephone and Data Systems shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 62.0% of Shenandoah Telecommunications shares are held by institutional investors. 14.1% of Telephone and Data Systems shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.4% of Shenandoah Telecommunications shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Shenandoah Telecommunications has a net margin of 2.80% compared to Telephone and Data Systems' net margin of -9.69%. Shenandoah Telecommunications' return on equity of 1.24% beat Telephone and Data Systems' return on equity.
Summary
Shenandoah Telecommunications beats Telephone and Data Systems on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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