Contrasting Vodafone Group (NASDAQ:VOD) and Chorus (OTCMKTS:CHRYY)

Chorus (OTCMKTS:CHRYY) and Vodafone Group (NASDAQ:VOD) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, profitability, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and valuation.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Chorus and Vodafone Group”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Chorus	$599.03 million	3.96	$2.36 million	N/A	N/A
Vodafone Group	$39.39 billion	0.89	-$4.48 billion	N/A	N/A

Chorus has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Vodafone Group.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings for Chorus and Vodafone Group, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Chorus	0	0	0	0	0.00
Vodafone Group	4	3	2	0	1.78

Vodafone Group has a consensus price target of $72.00, suggesting a potential upside of 373.37%. Given Vodafone Group’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Vodafone Group is more favorable than Chorus.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

7.8% of Vodafone Group shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Vodafone Group 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.

Volatility & Risk

Chorus has a beta of 0.8, suggesting that its stock price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vodafone Group has a beta of 0.46, suggesting that its stock price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Chorus and Vodafone Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Chorus	N/A	N/A	N/A
Vodafone Group	N/A	N/A	N/A

Dividends

Chorus pays an annual dividend of $1.17 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Vodafone Group pays an annual dividend of $0.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%.

Summary

Vodafone Group beats Chorus on 6 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Chorus

Chorus Limited, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the provision of fixed line communications infrastructure services in New Zealand. It offers phone and broadband services for residential and business customers; data and voice services; and solutions for transport and infrastructure. The company also builds and maintains a network of fibre and copper cables, local telephone exchanges, and cabinets. In addition, it offers co-location and value-added network services. The company was incorporated in 2011 and is based in Wellington, New Zealand.

About Vodafone Group

Vodafone Group Public Limited Company provides telecommunication services in Europe and internationally. It offers mobile connectivity services comprising end-to-end services for mobile voice and data, messaging, device management, BYOx, and telecoms management, as well as professional and consulting services; and fixed line connectivity, such as fixed voice and data, broadband, software-defined networks, managed WAN, LAN, ethernet, and satellite; and financial services, as well as business and merchant services. The company also provides consumer Internet of Things (IoT) propositions, as well as security and insurance products; mobile services; logistics, fleet management, and smart metering services; WiFi; digital services comprising mobile application development, multi-access edge computing, worker insights, AI assistant, drone detection, visual inspection, and mixed reality, as well as Vodafone Analytics platform; and traditional IT hosting services, including colocation, managed hosting, security, hosting infrastructure, and flexible computing for government. In addition, it offers integrated business communication services, as well as fixed mobile convergence services; and carrier services, as well as IoT devices comprising managed tablets and integrated terminals. Further, it offers M-Pesa, an African mobile money platform to make payments and provide financial services; Vodafone Business multi-cloud platform; and productivity solutions, as well as operates digital cloud-based television platforms. It serves private and public sector customers in the manufacturing, retail, automotive, banking finance, healthcare, smart cities and public, agriculture, transport and logistics, and energy and utilities management industries. It offers its products and services through digital and physical channels. Vodafone Group Public Limited Company has a strategic partnership with Open Fiber. The company was incorporated in 1984 and is based in Newbury, the United Kingdom.