United Internet (OTCMKTS:UDIRF – Get Free Report) is one of 71 public companies in the “INTERNET SERVICES” industry, but how does it contrast to its peers? We will compare United Internet to similar businesses based on the strength of its institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, dividends, earnings, risk and analyst recommendations.
Valuation & Earnings
This table compares United Internet and its peers revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
United Internet’s peers have higher revenue and earnings than United Internet. United Internet is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.
Insider & Institutional Ownership
42.1% of shares of all “INTERNET SERVICES” companies are owned by institutional investors. 23.3% of shares of all “INTERNET SERVICES” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Volatility & Risk
United Internet has a beta of 0.49, meaning that its share price is 51% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, United Internet’s peers have a beta of 2.65, meaning that their average share price is 165% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of recent ratings and price targets for United Internet and its peers, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
As a group, “INTERNET SERVICES” companies have a potential upside of 20.75%. Given United Internet’s peers stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe United Internet has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.
Profitability
This table compares United Internet and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
Summary
United Internet peers beat United Internet on 11 of the 13 factors compared.
About United Internet
United Internet AG, through its subsidiaries, operates as an Internet service provider worldwide. The company operates through Consumer Access, Business Access, Consumer Applications, and Business Applications segments. It offers landline-based broadband and mobile internet products, including home networks, online storage, telephony, and IPTV for private users; and telecommunication products ranging from fiber-optic direct connections to tailored ICT solutions, which include voice, data, and network solutions, as well as infrastructure services to national and international carriers and ISPs. The company also provides applications and services for home users, such as personal information management applications comprising email, to-do lists, appointments, and addresses; and online cloud storage, as well as domains and website solutions. In addition, it provides business applications for freelancers and small to medium enterprises, such as domains, websites, web hosting, servers, cloud solutions, e-shops, group work, online cloud storage, and office software. It offers its access products through the yourfone, smartmobile.de, 1&1, and 1&1 Versatel brands; and applications through GMX, mail.com, WEB.DE, home.pl, Arsys, STRATO, IONOS, Fasthosts, we22, InterNetX, united-domains, and World4You brand names. In addition, the company offers customers professional services in the fields of active domain management; performance-based advertising and sales services under the Sedo brand name; online advertising services under the United Internet Media brand name; and white-label website builder services under the we22 brand, as well as sells IT hardware. The company was incorporated in 1988 and is headquartered in Montabaur, Germany.
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