Financial Survey: VEON (VEON) versus 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 related businesses based on the strength of its risk, dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation and profitability.

Volatility & Risk

VEON has a beta of 1.67, suggesting that its share price is 67% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, VEON’s competitors have a beta of 0.57, suggesting that their average share price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings & Valuation

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
VEON	$4.40 billion	$532.00 million	7.15
VEON Competitors	$16.25 billion	$1.13 billion	1.58

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.

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	1.80%	11.09%	3.14%

Analyst Recommendations

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

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
VEON	0	1	2	2	3.20
VEON Competitors	423	1328	1475	120	2.39

VEON presently has a consensus price target of $67.00, suggesting a potential upside of 26.15%. As a group, “Diversified Comm Services” companies have a potential upside of 17.68%. Given VEON’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe VEON is more favorable than its competitors.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

21.3% of VEON shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 38.9% of shares of all “Diversified Comm Services” companies are held by institutional investors. 7.4% of shares of all “Diversified Comm Services” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

VEON beats its competitors on 8 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.