Comparing Altice USA (NYSE:ATUS) & AAP (OTCMKTS:AAPJ)

Altice USA (NYSE:ATUS) and AAP (OTCMKTS:AAPJ) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations and risk.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

54.9% of Altice USA shares are owned by institutional investors. 44.6% of Altice USA shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.5% of AAP shares are owned by 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.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Altice USA and AAP”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Altice USA	$8.95 billion	0.13	-$102.92 million	($0.58)	-4.23
AAP	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

AAP has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Altice USA.

Volatility and Risk

Altice USA has a beta of 1.59, indicating that its stock price is 59% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AAP has a beta of 1.91, indicating that its stock price is 91% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current recommendations for Altice USA and AAP, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Altice USA	3	1	3	0	2.00
AAP	0	0	0	0	0.00

Altice USA presently has a consensus target price of $3.00, indicating a potential upside of 22.20%. Given Altice USA’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Altice USA is more favorable than AAP.

Profitability

This table compares Altice USA and AAP’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Altice USA	-3.07%	N/A	-0.85%
AAP	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

Altice USA beats AAP on 6 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Altice USA

Altice USA, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides broadband communications and video services in the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands. It offers broadband, video, telephony, and mobile services to residential and business customers. The company's video services include delivery of broadcast stations and cable networks; over the top services; video-on-demand, high-definition channels, digital video recorder, and pay-per-view services; and platforms for video programming through mobile applications. In addition, it provides voice over Internet protocol telephone services; and mobile services, such as data, talk, and text. Further, the company offers Ethernet, data transport, IP-based virtual private networks, Internet access, and telephony services; hosted telephony services, managed Wi-Fi, managed desktop and server backup, and collaboration services comprising audio and web conferencing; fiber-to-the-tower services to wireless carriers; data services consisting of wide area networking and dedicated data access, as well as wireless mesh networks; and enterprise class telephone services that include traditional multi-line phone service. Additionally, it provides hosted private branch exchange, network security, and international calling and toll-free numbers services. Furthermore, the company offers audience-based and multiscreen advertising solutions; data analytics; and news programming services, as well as operates news channels under the News 12 Networks, Cheddar, and i24NEWS names. It also provides broadband communications and video services under the Optimum and Suddenlink brands. Altice USA, Inc. was incorporated in 2015 and is headquartered in Long Island City, New York.

About AAP

AAP, Inc. engages in the debt collection, infrastructure construction, business, and real estate development business. The company was formerly known as Borneo Energy USA, Inc. and changed its name to AAP, Inc. in September 2011. AAP, Inc. was founded in 1993 and is based in Cheyenne, Wyoming.