LICT (OTCMKTS:LICT) & Hellenic Telecom Organization (OTCMKTS:HLTOY) Critical Survey

Profitability

This table compares Hellenic Telecom Organization and LICT’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Hellenic Telecom Organization	15.62%	26.32%	10.20%
LICT	14.86%	N/A	N/A

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Hellenic Telecom Organization and LICT”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Hellenic Telecom Organization	$2.10 billion	3.90	$518.11 million	$0.63	15.87
LICT	$134.24 million	N/A	$23.32 million	$880.00	12.73

Hellenic Telecom Organization has higher revenue and earnings than LICT. LICT is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hellenic Telecom Organization, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Risk & Volatility

Hellenic Telecom Organization has a beta of 0.14, suggesting that its stock price is 86% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, LICT has a beta of 0.2, suggesting that its stock price is 80% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Hellenic Telecom Organization beats LICT on 6 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Hellenic Telecom Organization

Hellenic Telecommunications Organization S.A. provides telecommunications and related services to businesses and individuals primarily in Greece and Romania. It operates through OTE, COSMOTE Group, and Telekom Romania Mobile segments. The company offers fixed-line, Internet access, ICT, and TV production services; and international carrier services. It also provides mobile and satellite telecommunication, electronic money, e-commerce, financing, consultancy and security, real estate, insurance brokerage, training, wholesale telephony, retail, marketing, overdue accounts management, wholesale broadband, and infrastructure services. Hellenic Telecommunications Organization S.A. was incorporated in 1949 and is based in Athens, Greece. Hellenic Telecommunications Organization S.A. operates as a subsidiary of Deutsche Telekom AG.

About LICT

LICT Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, provides broadband, voice, and video services to residential, commercial, and governmental customers. The company offers high speed broadband services, including internet access through copper-based digital subscriber lines, fiber optic facilities, fixed wireless, and cable modems; video services through traditional cable television services and internet protocol television services; voice over internet protocol services; wireless voice communications services; and other telecommunications related services. It operates in California, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, New Mexico, Utah, and Wisconsin. The company was formerly known as Lynch Interactive Corporation and changed its name to LICT Corporation in March 2007. LICT Corporation was incorporated in 1996 and is based in Rye, New York.