Comparing VEON (VEON) & Its Competitors

VEON (NASDAQ:VEON) is one of 33 publicly-traded companies in the “Wireless Telecommunication Services” industry, but how does it contrast to its competitors? We will compare VEON to similar companies based on the strength of its earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership and risk.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

21.3% of VEON shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 48.6% of shares of all “Wireless Telecommunication Services” companies are held by institutional investors. 23.2% of shares of all “Wireless Telecommunication Services” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

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	7.62%	20.88%	3.89%
VEON Competitors	60.57%	11.67%	4.56%

Earnings and Valuation

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
VEON	$4.40 billion	$532.00 million	14.34
VEON Competitors	$658.84 billion	$2.68 billion	19.84

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

Risk and Volatility

VEON has a beta of 1.65, suggesting that its share price is 65% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, VEON’s competitors have a beta of 1.99, suggesting that their average share price is 99% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and recommmendations for VEON and its competitors, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
VEON	0	1	5	0	2.83
VEON Competitors	320	913	1457	140	2.50

VEON currently has a consensus price target of $90.33, indicating a potential upside of 17.53%. As a group, “Wireless Telecommunication Services” companies have a potential upside of 37.57%. Given VEON’s competitors higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe VEON has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Summary

VEON competitors beat VEON on 10 of the 13 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.