Reviewing VEON (VEON) and Its Peers

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

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	1.80%	10.98%	3.06%

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets for VEON and its rivals, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
VEON	0	1	1	2	3.25
VEON Competitors	422	1323	1470	120	2.39

VEON currently has a consensus target price of $60.00, indicating a potential upside of 25.73%. As a group, “Diversified Comm Services” companies have a potential upside of 18.16%. Given VEON’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe VEON is more favorable than its rivals.

Volatility and 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 rivals have a beta of 0.57, suggesting that their average stock price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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. 8.5% of shares of all “Diversified Comm Services” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Earnings & 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	6.42
VEON Competitors	$16.25 billion	$1.14 billion	1.68

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.

Summary

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

About VEON

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.