Head to Head Comparison: VEON (NASDAQ:VEON) & IDT (NYSE:IDT)

VEON (NASDAQ:VEON) and IDT (NYSE:IDT) are both utilities companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, dividends, earnings, valuation, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Profitability

This table compares VEON and IDT’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
VEON	23.75%	72.76%	12.22%
IDT	7.85%	26.38%	12.84%

Insider & Institutional Ownership

21.3% of VEON shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.3% of IDT shares are held by institutional investors. 25.3% of IDT shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares VEON and IDT”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
VEON	$4.00 billion	1.00	$415.00 million	$13.64	3.97
IDT	$1.21 billion	1.29	$64.45 million	$3.79	16.29

VEON has higher revenue and earnings than IDT. VEON is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than IDT, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for VEON and IDT, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
VEON	0	0	1	2	3.67
IDT	0	0	0	0	0.00

VEON currently has a consensus target price of $60.00, indicating a potential upside of 10.91%. Given VEON’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe VEON is more favorable than IDT.

Risk & Volatility

VEON has a beta of 1.63, indicating that its stock price is 63% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, IDT has a beta of 0.79, indicating that its stock price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

VEON beats IDT on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

About VEON

VEON Ltd., a digital operator, provides connectivity and internet services in Pakistan, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Bangladesh, Uzbekistan, and Kyrgyzstan. It offers mobile telecommunications services, including value added and call completion, national and international roaming, wireless Internet access, mobile financial, and mobile bundle services; data connectivity, cross border transit, voice, Internet, and data services; fixed-line telecommunications using intercity fiber optic networks; and Internet-TV using Fiber to the building technology. The company also sells equipment, infrastructure, and accessories. VEON Ltd. was founded in 1992 and is headquartered in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

About IDT

IDT Corporation provides communications and payment services in the United States, the United Kingdom, and internationally. It operates through Fintech, National Retail Solutions, net2phone, and Traditional Communications segments. The company operates point of sale, a terminal-based platform which provides independent retailers store management software, electronic payment processing, and other ancillary merchant services; and provides marketers with digital out-of-home advertising and transaction data. It also offers BOSS Money for international money remittance, and related value and payment transfer services; and Leaf, a digital wallet services which operates money transfer businesses, as well as net2phone, a unified cloud communication services, which includes voice, texting, and chat services to enable smarter business conversations. In addition, the company provides IDT Digital Payments enables businesses, entrepreneurs, and developers to offer prepaid digital offerings including mobile airtime top-up, mobile data bundles, digital gift cards, and prepaid utility payments through its Zendit platform; and BOSS Revolution Calling, which provides international long-distance voice services primarily to immigrant communities in the United States and Canada. Further, it offers IDT Global, a wholesale provider of international voice and SMS termination, and outsourced traffic management solutions to telecoms; and IDT Express, a unique self-serve portal that offers SMBs the power to purchase DIDs, manage IPs, select termination quality, make payments, and other services. The company also provides Awards2Go, a B2B incentive, loyalty, and customer appreciation gift card solution; and IO Security which provides automation to remediation. IDT Corporation was incorporated in 1978 and is headquartered in Newark, New Jersey.