Head-To-Head Contrast: Hellenic Telecom Organization (OTCMKTS:HLTOY) vs. AST SpaceMobile (NASDAQ:ASTS)

Hellenic Telecom Organization (OTCMKTS:HLTOY) and AST SpaceMobile (NASDAQ:ASTS) are both communication services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, profitability, risk and valuation.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

61.0% of AST SpaceMobile shares are held by institutional investors. 20.9% of AST SpaceMobile shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Hellenic Telecom Organization and AST SpaceMobile”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Hellenic Telecom Organization	$3.92 billion	2.40	$566.95 million	$0.81	14.17
AST SpaceMobile	$70.92 million	322.50	-$341.94 million	($2.14)	-27.46

Hellenic Telecom Organization has higher revenue and earnings than AST SpaceMobile. AST SpaceMobile is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hellenic Telecom Organization, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Risk and Volatility

Hellenic Telecom Organization has a beta of 0.18, meaning that its stock price is 82% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AST SpaceMobile has a beta of 2.74, meaning that its stock price is 174% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Hellenic Telecom Organization and AST SpaceMobile’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Hellenic Telecom Organization	15.83%	30.19%	12.14%
AST SpaceMobile	-536.66%	-22.88%	-10.67%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings for Hellenic Telecom Organization and AST SpaceMobile, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Hellenic Telecom Organization	0	1	1	0	2.50
AST SpaceMobile	2	5	6	0	2.31

AST SpaceMobile has a consensus price target of $86.58, indicating a potential upside of 47.32%. Given AST SpaceMobile’s higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe AST SpaceMobile is more favorable than Hellenic Telecom Organization.

Summary

Hellenic Telecom Organization beats AST SpaceMobile on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Hellenic Telecom Organization

Hellenic Telecommunications Organization S.A. provides telecommunications and related services to businesses and individuals primarily in Greece and Romania. It operates through OTE, COSMOTE Group, and Telekom Romania Mobile segments. The company offers fixed-line, Internet access, ICT, and TV production services; and international carrier services. It also provides mobile and satellite telecommunication, electronic money, e-commerce, financing, consultancy and security, real estate, insurance brokerage, training, wholesale telephony, retail, marketing, overdue accounts management, wholesale broadband, and infrastructure services. Hellenic Telecommunications Organization S.A. was incorporated in 1949 and is based in Athens, Greece. Hellenic Telecommunications Organization S.A. operates as a subsidiary of Deutsche Telekom AG.

About AST SpaceMobile

AST SpaceMobile, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, develops and provides access to a space-based cellular broadband network for smartphones in the United States. Its SpaceMobile service provides cellular broadband services to end-users who are out of terrestrial cellular coverage. The company was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Midland, Texas.