Contrasting Bandwidth (NASDAQ:BAND) & NTT (OTCMKTS:NTTYY)

Bandwidth (NASDAQ:BAND) and NTT (OTCMKTS:NTTYY) are both communication services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk and institutional ownership.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current recommendations and price targets for Bandwidth and NTT, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Bandwidth	0	3	5	0	2.62
NTT	0	2	0	0	2.00

Bandwidth currently has a consensus target price of $59.80, indicating a potential upside of 5.15%. Given Bandwidth’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Bandwidth is more favorable than NTT.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Bandwidth and NTT”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Bandwidth	$753.82 million	2.43	-$12.91 million	($0.29)	-196.10
NTT	$95.72 billion	0.97	$6.84 billion	$2.09	13.59

NTT has higher revenue and earnings than Bandwidth. Bandwidth is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than NTT, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Profitability

This table compares Bandwidth and NTT’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Bandwidth	0.27%	1.85%	0.70%
NTT	7.17%	10.45%	2.41%

Institutional & Insider Ownership

68.5% of Bandwidth shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.1% of NTT shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.3% of Bandwidth shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Risk and Volatility

Bandwidth has a beta of 3.03, suggesting that its share price is 203% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NTT has a beta of 0.05, suggesting that its share price is 95% less volatile than the S&P 500.

About Bandwidth

Bandwidth is a leading enterprise cloud communications company. Companies like Cisco, Google, Microsoft, RingCentral, Uber, and Zoom use Bandwidth’s APIs to easily embed voice, messaging, and emergency services into software and applications. Bandwidth is the first and only CPaaS provider offering a robust selection of communications APIs built around their own IP voice network.

About NTT

Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation operates as a telecommunications company in Japan and internationally. It operates through Integrated ICT Business, Regional Communications Business, Global Solutions Business, and Others segments. The Integrated ICT Business segment offers mobile phone, domestic inter-prefectural communications, international communications, solutions, and system development and related services. The Regional Communications Business segment provides intra-prefectural communications and related ancillary services. The Global Solutions Business segment offers consulting, system and software development, network system, cloud, global data center, and related services. The Others segment engages in the real estate, energy, and other businesses. The company was founded in 1952 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.