Financial Review: iQSTEL (IQST) and Its Rivals

iQSTEL (NASDAQ:IQST) is one of 203 public companies in the “Diversified Telecommunication Services” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its rivals? We will compare iQSTEL to related companies based on the strength of its dividends, earnings, profitability, risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and valuation.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares iQSTEL and its rivals revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
iQSTEL	$394.07 million	-$9.16 million	-0.33
iQSTEL Competitors	$24.31 billion	$893.66 million	-169.25

iQSTEL’s rivals have higher revenue and earnings than iQSTEL. iQSTEL 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.

Volatility & Risk

iQSTEL has a beta of 0.96, indicating that its stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, iQSTEL’s rivals have a beta of -4.82, indicating that their average stock price is 582% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings for iQSTEL and its rivals, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
iQSTEL	1	1	0	0	1.50
iQSTEL Competitors	1763	5374	7773	385	2.44

As a group, “Diversified Telecommunication Services” companies have a potential upside of 20.71%. Given iQSTEL’s rivals stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe iQSTEL has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

32.8% of shares of all “Diversified Telecommunication Services” companies are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of iQSTEL shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 18.3% of shares of all “Diversified Telecommunication Services” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares iQSTEL and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
iQSTEL	-2.43%	-45.19%	-15.55%
iQSTEL Competitors	-10.40%	-215.25%	-3.43%

Summary

iQSTEL rivals beat iQSTEL on 9 of the 13 factors compared.

About iQSTEL

iQSTEL Inc. (NASDAQ: IQST) is a technology company that provides telecommunications, fintech and electric mobility solutions. Its telecommunications business serves carriers, enterprises and other customers with international voice and data services, mobile connectivity, wholesale VoIP, SMS messaging, Internet of Things (IoT) connectivity and related communications services. The company also develops fintech products intended to support digital payments and financial transactions for businesses and consumers.