Analyzing TELUS (NYSE:TU) & Metro One Telecommunications (OTCMKTS:WOWI)

Metro One Telecommunications (OTCMKTS:WOWI) and TELUS (NYSE:TU) are both communication services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation and risk.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

49.4% of TELUS shares are owned by institutional investors. 33.0% of Metro One Telecommunications shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of TELUS shares are owned 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.

Risk & Volatility

Metro One Telecommunications has a beta of 2.38, suggesting that its share price is 138% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TELUS has a beta of 0.64, suggesting that its share price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Metro One Telecommunications and TELUS”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Metro One Telecommunications	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
TELUS	$14.71 billion	1.07	$796.57 million	($0.41)	-24.45

TELUS has higher revenue and earnings than Metro One Telecommunications.

Profitability

This table compares Metro One Telecommunications and TELUS’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Metro One Telecommunications	N/A	N/A	N/A
TELUS	-4.51%	8.01%	2.21%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings for Metro One Telecommunications and TELUS, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Metro One Telecommunications	0	0	0	0	0.00
TELUS	4	9	3	0	1.94

TELUS has a consensus target price of $15.33, indicating a potential upside of 52.95%. Given TELUS’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe TELUS is more favorable than Metro One Telecommunications.

Summary

TELUS beats Metro One Telecommunications on 7 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Metro One Telecommunications

Metro One Telecommunications, Inc. provides mobile commerce platform that enables retailers to launch their own branded mobile application in the United States. Its Mobile Commerce Merchant Platform allows small and medium-sized business retailers and enterprises to launch a branded and functional mobile app; Mobile Commerce Enterprise Platform that enables enterprise retailers, who own and operates brick and mortar store, as well as e-commerce platforms to engage with their customer online and in-store through the customer's mobile application; and Instore engagement Suite solutions. The company was formerly known as Metro One Direct Information Services Inc. and changed its name to Metro One Telecommunications, Inc. in December 1995. Metro One Telecommunications, Inc. was incorporated in 1989 and is based in Sheridan, Wyoming.

About TELUS

TELUS Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, provides a range of telecommunications and information technology products and services in Canada. It operates through Technology Solutions and Digitally-Led Customer Experiences segments. The Technology Solutions segment offers a range of telecommunications products and services; network services; healthcare services; mobile technologies equipment; data services, such as internet protocol; television; hosting, managed information technology, and cloud-based services; software, data management, and data analytics-driven smart food-chain and consumer goods technologies; home and business security; healthcare software and technology solutions; and voice and other telecommunications services, as well as mobile and fixed voice and data telecommunications services and products. The Digitally-Led Customer Experiences segment provides digital customer experience and digital-enablement transformation solutions, including artificial intelligence and content management solutions. The company was formerly known as TELUS Communications Inc. and changed its name to TELUS Corporation in February 2005. TELUS Corporation was incorporated in 1998 and is based in Vancouver, Canada.