SHEN vs. CBB, ATNI, USM, TDS, BB, SPOK, CCI, SBAC, LUMN, and IDT
Should you be buying Shenandoah Telecommunications stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Shenandoah Telecommunications include Cincinnati Bell (CBB), ATN International (ATNI), United States Cellular (USM), Telephone and Data Systems (TDS), BlackBerry (BB), Spok (SPOK), Crown Castle (CCI), SBA Communications (SBAC), Lumen Technologies (LUMN), and IDT (IDT).
Shenandoah Telecommunications (NASDAQ:SHEN) and Cincinnati Bell (NYSE:CBB) are both small-cap utilities companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations and earnings.
Shenandoah Telecommunications received 183 more outperform votes than Cincinnati Bell when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.76% of users gave Shenandoah Telecommunications an outperform vote while only 47.35% of users gave Cincinnati Bell an outperform vote.
62.0% of Shenandoah Telecommunications shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.1% of Cincinnati Bell shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.4% of Shenandoah Telecommunications shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of Cincinnati Bell shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Shenandoah Telecommunications has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Cincinnati Bell. Cincinnati Bell is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Shenandoah Telecommunications, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Shenandoah Telecommunications currently has a consensus price target of $25.00, indicating a potential upside of 42.98%.
In the previous week, Shenandoah Telecommunications and Shenandoah Telecommunications both had 6 articles in the media. Shenandoah Telecommunications' average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat Cincinnati Bell's score of 0.67 indicating that Shenandoah Telecommunications is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Shenandoah Telecommunications has a beta of 0.61, indicating that its share price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cincinnati Bell has a beta of 0.36, indicating that its share price is 64% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Shenandoah Telecommunications has a net margin of 77.44% compared to Cincinnati Bell's net margin of -1.32%. Shenandoah Telecommunications' return on equity of 0.27% beat Cincinnati Bell's return on equity.
Summary
Shenandoah Telecommunications beats Cincinnati Bell on 12 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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