Head to Head Analysis: LICT (OTCMKTS:LICT) & Deutsche Telekom (OTCMKTS:DTEGY)

LICT (OTCMKTS:LICT) and Deutsche Telekom (OTCMKTS:DTEGY) are both utilities companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, dividends, earnings and valuation.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and target prices for LICT and Deutsche Telekom, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
LICT	0	0	0	0	0.00
Deutsche Telekom	0	1	2	0	2.67

Volatility and Risk

LICT has a beta of 0.06, meaning that its share price is 94% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Deutsche Telekom has a beta of 0.3, meaning that its share price is 70% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares LICT and Deutsche Telekom”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
LICT	$141.40 million	1.53	$12.19 million	$764.00	14.14
Deutsche Telekom	$134.70 billion	1.24	$10.87 billion	$2.09	16.30

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

Profitability

This table compares LICT and Deutsche Telekom’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
LICT	8.55%	N/A	N/A
Deutsche Telekom	7.38%	10.94%	3.49%

Summary

Deutsche Telekom beats LICT on 8 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About LICT

LICT Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, provides broadband, voice, and video services to residential, commercial, and governmental customers. The company offers high speed broadband services, including internet access through copper-based digital subscriber lines, fiber optic facilities, fixed wireless, and cable modems; video services through traditional cable television services and internet protocol television services; voice over internet protocol services; wireless voice communications services; and other telecommunications related services. It operates in California, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, New Mexico, Utah, and Wisconsin. The company was formerly known as Lynch Interactive Corporation and changed its name to LICT Corporation in March 2007. LICT Corporation was incorporated in 1996 and is based in Rye, New York.

About Deutsche Telekom

Deutsche Telekom AG, together with its subsidiaries, provides integrated telecommunication services. The company operates through Germany, United States, Europe, Systems Solutions, Group Development, and Group Headquarters and Group Services segments. It offers fixed-network services, including voice and data communication services based on fixed-network and broadband technology; and sells terminal equipment and other hardware products, as well as services to resellers. In addition, the company provides mobile voice and data services to consumers and business customers; sells mobile devices and other hardware products; and sells mobile services to resellers and to companies that purchases and markets network services to third parties, such as mobile virtual network operators. Further, it offers internet services; internet-based TV products and services; and information and communication technology systems for multinational corporations and public sector institutions with an infrastructure of data centers and network services. Additionally, the company provides wireless communications services; and cloud services, digital solutions, security, and advisory solutions. Deutsche Telekom AG has mobile customers and broadband customers, as well as fixed-network lines. The company was incorporated in 1995 and is headquartered in Bonn, Germany.