Critical Comparison: Kyivstar Group (KYIV) & Its Rivals

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

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets 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	300	873	1429	135	2.51

Kyivstar Group currently has a consensus target price of $16.62, indicating a potential upside of 24.25%. As a group, “Wireless Telecommunication Services” companies have a potential upside of 25.20%. Given Kyivstar Group’s competitors higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Kyivstar Group has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Earnings & Valuation

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Kyivstar Group	$1.16 billion	$124.00 million	20.27
Kyivstar Group Competitors	$648.49 billion	$2.74 billion	13.83

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

Institutional & Insider Ownership

48.6% of shares of all “Wireless Telecommunication Services” companies are held by institutional investors. 23.2% of shares of all “Wireless Telecommunication Services” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company 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	91.25%	13.98%	4.69%

Summary

Kyivstar Group competitors beat Kyivstar Group on 7 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.