Critical Contrast: VEON (NASDAQ:VEON) and Viper Networks (OTCMKTS:VPER)

Viper Networks (OTCMKTS:VPER) and VEON (NASDAQ:VEON) are both utilities companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, valuation, profitability and institutional ownership.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Viper Networks and VEON”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Viper Networks	$940,000.00	4.33	-$320,000.00	N/A	N/A
VEON	$4.15 billion	0.86	$415.00 million	$8.80	5.50

VEON has higher revenue and earnings than Viper Networks.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations for Viper Networks and VEON, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Viper Networks	0	0	0	0	0.00
VEON	0	2	1	1	2.75

VEON has a consensus price target of $60.00, indicating a potential upside of 23.95%. Given VEON’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe VEON is more favorable than Viper Networks.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Viper Networks	-4.35%	N/A	N/A
VEON	23.75%	72.76%	12.22%

Volatility and Risk

Viper Networks has a beta of -1.52, indicating that its share price is 252% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, VEON has a beta of 1.58, indicating that its share price is 58% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

21.3% of VEON shares are held by institutional investors. 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.

Summary

VEON beats Viper Networks on 11 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Viper Networks

Viper Networks, Inc. manufactures and distributes LED lighting products. The company provides CyberGrab; Vnet, a communication application; Viper unified communications platform for carriers and providers; VRoom; parking lot lightings system; and solar power and telecom systems, as well as intelligent lighting solutions with camera, sensor, and wireless technologies. Its products are used in street, roadway, security, parking lot, and billboard lighting. Viper Networks, Inc. was incorporated in 2000 and is based in Troy, Michigan.

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.