VEON (VEON) versus The Competition Critical Contrast

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

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings for VEON and its rivals, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
VEON	0	1	1	2	3.25
VEON Competitors	422	1316	1470	120	2.39

VEON currently has a consensus target price of $60.00, suggesting a potential upside of 24.33%. As a group, “Diversified Comm Services” companies have a potential upside of 13.99%. Given VEON’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe VEON is more favorable than its rivals.

Risk & Volatility

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

Profitability

This table compares VEON and its rivals’ 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%

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares VEON and its rivals top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
VEON	$4.40 billion	$532.00 million	6.50
VEON Competitors	$16.25 billion	$1.14 billion	2.01

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

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. 8.3% of shares of all “Diversified Comm Services” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

VEON beats its rivals on 8 of the 13 factors compared.

VEON Company Profile

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.