Financial Contrast: VEON (VEON) and Its Competitors

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

Volatility & Risk

VEON has a beta of 1.67, suggesting that its stock price is 67% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, VEON’s peers have a beta of 0.73, suggesting that their average stock price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and recommmendations for VEON and its peers, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
VEON	0	1	1	2	3.25
VEON Competitors	422	1323	1471	120	2.39

VEON currently has a consensus price target of $60.00, indicating a potential upside of 25.87%. As a group, “Diversified Comm Services” companies have a potential upside of 21.49%. Given VEON’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe VEON is more favorable than its peers.

Dividends

VEON pays an annual dividend of $0.23 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. VEON pays out 3.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Diversified Comm Services” companies pay a dividend yield of 3.0% and pay out 38.6% of their earnings in the form of a dividend.

Institutional & Insider 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. 7.6% of shares of all “Diversified Comm Services” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares VEON and its peers top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
VEON	$4.40 billion	$532.00 million	6.42
VEON Competitors	$24.66 billion	$1.14 billion	1.54

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

Profitability

This table compares VEON and its peers’ 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%	10.98%	3.06%

Summary

VEON beats its peers on 9 of the 15 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.