Critical Contrast: Kyivstar Group (KYIV) & The Competition

Kyivstar Group (NASDAQ:KYIV) is one of 33 publicly-traded companies in the “Wireless Telecommunication Services” industry, but how does it compare to its competitors? We will compare Kyivstar Group to related businesses based on the strength of its profitability, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation and dividends.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

48.6% of shares of all “Wireless Telecommunication Services” companies are owned by institutional investors. 23.2% of shares of all “Wireless Telecommunication Services” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Kyivstar Group and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Kyivstar Group	12.73%	24.71%	15.12%
Kyivstar Group Competitors	63.97%	13.09%	4.62%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and target prices for Kyivstar Group and its competitors, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Kyivstar Group	0	2	3	0	2.60
Kyivstar Group Competitors	303	878	1432	136	2.51

Kyivstar Group currently has a consensus target price of $16.62, indicating a potential upside of 26.62%. As a group, “Wireless Telecommunication Services” companies have a potential upside of 26.94%. Given Kyivstar Group’s competitors higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Kyivstar Group has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Valuation and Earnings

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Kyivstar Group	$1.28 billion	$124.00 million	19.89
Kyivstar Group Competitors	$17.92 billion	$2.74 billion	24.10

Kyivstar Group’s competitors have higher revenue and earnings than Kyivstar Group. Kyivstar Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Summary

Kyivstar Group competitors beat Kyivstar Group on 8 of the 12 factors compared.

Kyivstar Group Company Profile

Kyivstar Group Ltd. provides a range of mobile communication and home Internet services in Ukraine. It offers mobile services, such as voice, messaging and data, mobile and computer Internet, roaming, abroad calling, payment, and other services; fixed telephone communication services; fixed Internet and data transfer services; and mobile virtual PBX services, as well as operates data centers, commercial contact centers, and M2M contact centers. The company also provides loyalty programs, as well as sells telecommunications equipment. The company was founded in 1994 and is based in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates. Kyivstar Group Ltd. operates as a subsidiary of Vimpelcom Amsterdam B.V.