Contrasting Anterix (NASDAQ:ATEX) & Orange Belgium (OTCMKTS:MBSRF)

Orange Belgium (OTCMKTS:MBSRF) and Anterix (NASDAQ:ATEX) are both small-cap communication services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, profitability, valuation, risk and analyst recommendations.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

87.7% of Anterix shares are held by institutional investors. 40.0% of Anterix shares are held by insiders. 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.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and price targets for Orange Belgium and Anterix, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Orange Belgium	0	0	0	0	0.00
Anterix	0	3	1	1	2.60

Anterix has a consensus target price of $120.00, indicating a potential upside of 29.97%. Given Anterix’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Anterix is more favorable than Orange Belgium.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Orange Belgium and Anterix”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Orange Belgium	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Anterix	$6.50 million	278.55	$90.64 million	$3.50	26.38

Anterix has higher revenue and earnings than Orange Belgium.

Profitability

This table compares Orange Belgium and Anterix’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Orange Belgium	N/A	N/A	N/A
Anterix	933.03%	-10.65%	-6.06%

Summary

Anterix beats Orange Belgium on 8 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Anterix

Anterix Inc. operates as a wireless communications company. The company focuses on commercializing its spectrum assets to enable the targeted utility and critical infrastructure customers to deploy private broadband networks and innovative broadband solutions. It holds licensed spectrum in the 900 MHz band with coverage throughout the United States, Alaska, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico. The company was formerly known as pdvWireless, Inc. and changed its name to Anterix Inc. in August 2019. Anterix Inc. was incorporated in 1997 and is headquartered in Woodland Park, New Jersey.