Head to Head Analysis: Cellcom Israel (OTCMKTS:CELJF) versus MTN Group (OTCMKTS:MTNOY)

MTN Group (OTCMKTS:MTNOY) and Cellcom Israel (OTCMKTS:CELJF) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability and valuation.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for MTN Group and Cellcom Israel, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
MTN Group	1	0	0	1	2.50
Cellcom Israel	1	0	0	0	1.00

Volatility and Risk

MTN Group has a beta of 1.25, indicating that its stock price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cellcom Israel has a beta of 1, indicating that its stock price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares MTN Group and Cellcom Israel’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
MTN Group	N/A	N/A	N/A
Cellcom Israel	5.11%	9.26%	3.48%

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares MTN Group and Cellcom Israel”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
MTN Group	$10.27 billion	1.45	-$523.72 million	N/A	N/A
Cellcom Israel	$1.20 billion	N/A	$46.74 million	$0.36	25.17

Cellcom Israel has lower revenue, but higher earnings than MTN Group.

About MTN Group

MTN Group Limited, together with its subsidiaries, provides mobile telecommunications services in South Africa, Nigeria, East Africa, West and Central Africa, and the Middle East and North Africa. The company offers data, voice and SMS, digital and fintech, interconnect, and roaming services, as well as sells mobile devices. It also provides network as a service, including subsea cables that offers international connectivity services; terrestrial and metro fiber networks; data centers and cable landing stations; and FTTx, towers, and radio access networks. The company also offers digital financial services, such as access payments, e-commerce, insurance, and lending and remittance services; enterprise services comprising manage networks, unified and cloud communication, security as a service, and Internet of Things; and API products and services for telecommunications, health, government, financial services, entertainment, and other sectors. MTN Group Limited was incorporated in 1994 and is based in Johannesburg, South Africa.

About Cellcom Israel

Cellcom Israel Ltd. provides cellular communications services in Israel. It operates in two segments, Cellular and Fixed-line. The Cellular segment offers cellular communications, and cellular equipment and related services. The Fixed-line segment provides infrastructure and internet access, internet-based television, international telephony, landline telephony services, and transmission services for business customers and for telecommunication operators; and conferencing, cloud computing, and server hosting services, as well as IOT solutions. This segment also sells equipment, such as computers and communication equipment, including servers, routers, and switches, and others; and software and integration of information security products. The company was incorporated in 1994 and is headquartered in Netanya, Israel.