Verizon Communications (NYSE:VZ) versus Public Joint Stock Company MegaFon (OTCMKTS:MFOYY) Head-To-Head Survey

Public Joint Stock Company MegaFon (OTCMKTS:MFOYY) and Verizon Communications (NYSE:VZ) are both business services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, profitability, risk and valuation.

Profitability

This table compares Public Joint Stock Company MegaFon and Verizon Communications’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Public Joint Stock Company MegaFon	N/A	N/A	N/A
Verizon Communications	8.38%	20.10%	5.09%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings for Public Joint Stock Company MegaFon and Verizon Communications, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Public Joint Stock Company MegaFon	0	0	0	0	N/A
Verizon Communications	0	8	9	0	2.53

Verizon Communications has a consensus price target of $46.37, indicating a potential upside of 8.16%. Given Verizon Communications’ higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Verizon Communications is more favorable than Public Joint Stock Company MegaFon.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

62.1% of Verizon Communications shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of Verizon Communications shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Public Joint Stock Company MegaFon and Verizon Communications”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Public Joint Stock Company MegaFon	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Verizon Communications	$134.24 billion	1.34	$11.61 billion	$2.68	16.00

Verizon Communications has higher revenue and earnings than Public Joint Stock Company MegaFon.

Summary

Verizon Communications beats Public Joint Stock Company MegaFon on 8 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Public Joint Stock Company MegaFon

Public Joint Stock Company MegaFon, together with its subsidiaries, provides telecommunication and digital services to retail customers, businesses, government clients, and telecommunication services providers in Russia, the Republic of Abkhazia, South Ossetia, and Tajikistan. The company offers a range of voice, data, and other telecommunication services, including wireless and wireline services, interconnection services, and data transmission services, as well as value added services, such as SMS, content, media, and commission services. It also provides broadband Internet and financing services, as well as transacts in treasury shares. The company was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Moscow, Russia. Public Joint Stock Company MegaFon operates as a subsidiary of USM Holdings Limited.

About Verizon Communications

Verizon Communications Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in the provision of communications, technology, information, and entertainment products and services to consumers, businesses, and governmental entities worldwide. It operates in two segments, Verizon Consumer Group (Consumer) and Verizon Business Group (Business). The Consumer segment provides wireless services across the wireless networks in the United States under the Verizon and TracFone brands and through wholesale and other arrangements; and fixed wireless access (FWA) broadband through its wireless networks, as well as related equipment and devices, such as smartphones, tablets, smart watches, and other wireless-enabled connected devices. The segment also offers wireline services in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern United States, as well as Washington D.C. through its fiber-optic network, Verizon Fios product portfolio, and a copper-based network. The Business segment provides wireless and wireline communications services and products, including FWA broadband, data, video and conferencing, corporate networking, security and managed network, local and long-distance voice, and network access services to deliver various IoT services and products to businesses, government customers, and wireless and wireline carriers in the United States and internationally. The company was formerly known as Bell Atlantic Corporation and changed its name to Verizon Communications Inc. in June 2000. Verizon Communications Inc. was incorporated in 1983 and is headquartered in New York, New York.