Head to Head Contrast: Alaska Power & Telephone (APTL) and The Competition

Alaska Power & Telephone (OTCMKTS:APTL) is one of 105 publicly-traded companies in the “Electric services” industry, but how does it contrast to its rivals? We will compare Alaska Power & Telephone to related businesses based on the strength of its valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, dividends, earnings and institutional ownership.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and price targets for Alaska Power & Telephone and its rivals, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Alaska Power & Telephone	0	0	0	0	N/A
Alaska Power & Telephone Competitors	1064	4747	4605	91	2.35

As a group, “Electric services” companies have a potential upside of 6.65%. Given Alaska Power & Telephone’s rivals higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Alaska Power & Telephone has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

Volatility and Risk

Alaska Power & Telephone has a beta of 0.51, meaning that its share price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alaska Power & Telephone’s rivals have a beta of -1.02, meaning that their average share price is 202% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

60.4% of shares of all “Electric services” companies are held by institutional investors. 6.9% of shares of all “Electric services” companies are held by 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.

Dividends

Alaska Power & Telephone pays an annual dividend of $1.57 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Alaska Power & Telephone pays out 26.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Electric services” companies pay a dividend yield of 3.1% and pay out 64.6% of their earnings in the form of a dividend.

Profitability

This table compares Alaska Power & Telephone and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Alaska Power & Telephone	10.95%	N/A	N/A
Alaska Power & Telephone Competitors	1.62%	6.90%	1.25%

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Alaska Power & Telephone and its rivals gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Alaska Power & Telephone	$64.21 million	$6.15 million	9.08
Alaska Power & Telephone Competitors	$74.18 billion	$582.15 million	6.19

Alaska Power & Telephone’s rivals have higher revenue and earnings than Alaska Power & Telephone. Alaska Power & Telephone 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

Alaska Power & Telephone rivals beat Alaska Power & Telephone on 8 of the 12 factors compared.

Alaska Power & Telephone Company Profile

Alaska Power & Telephone Company provides energy, telecommunications, and broadband services to the residents, businesses, and communities of rural Alaska. The company operates through Energy and Telecom divisions. It generates energy using hydro and fossil-fuels. In addition, the company provides voice, as well as broadband services. Alaska Power & Telephone Company was founded in 1957 and is headquartered in Ketchikan, Washington.