Head-To-Head Survey: VEON (VEON) vs. Its Rivals

VEON (NASDAQ:VEON) is one of 34 publicly-traded companies in the “Diversified Comm Services” industry, but how does it contrast to its competitors? We will compare VEON to similar companies based on the strength of its risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership and profitability.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

21.3% of VEON shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 40.5% of shares of all “Diversified Comm Services” companies are held by institutional investors. 8.5% of shares of all “Diversified Comm Services” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares VEON and its competitors revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
VEON	$4.40 billion	$532.00 million	6.69
VEON Competitors	$5,484.57 billion	$1.11 billion	2.19

VEON’s competitors have higher revenue and earnings than VEON. VEON is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for VEON and its competitors, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
VEON	0	2	1	1	2.75
VEON Competitors	421	1315	1470	119	2.39

VEON currently has a consensus price target of $60.00, indicating a potential upside of 20.71%. As a group, “Diversified Comm Services” companies have a potential upside of 16.25%. Given VEON’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe VEON is more favorable than its competitors.

Profitability

This table compares VEON and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
VEON	12.12%	47.86%	8.49%
VEON Competitors	1.01%	2.54%	2.89%

Dividends

VEON pays an annual dividend of $0.23 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. VEON pays out 3.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Diversified Comm Services” companies pay a dividend yield of 2.8% and pay out 34.0% of their earnings in the form of a dividend.

Volatility & Risk

VEON has a beta of 1.59, suggesting that its stock price is 59% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, VEON’s competitors have a beta of 0.74, suggesting that their average stock price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

VEON beats its competitors on 9 of the 15 factors compared.

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.