Lumen Technologies (NYSE:LUMN – Get Free Report) and Allied Gaming & Entertainment (NASDAQ:AIFA – Get Free Report) are both communication services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings and institutional ownership.
Insider & Institutional Ownership
66.2% of Lumen Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 3.2% of Allied Gaming & Entertainment shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.3% of Lumen Technologies shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.7% of Allied Gaming & Entertainment shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of recent ratings and recommmendations for Lumen Technologies and Allied Gaming & Entertainment, as provided by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Lumen Technologies | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1.91 |
| Allied Gaming & Entertainment | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 |
Lumen Technologies presently has a consensus target price of $7.38, indicating a potential upside of 56.08%. Given Lumen Technologies’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Lumen Technologies is more favorable than Allied Gaming & Entertainment.
Risk and Volatility
Lumen Technologies has a beta of 1.84, suggesting that its share price is 84% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Allied Gaming & Entertainment has a beta of 2.53, suggesting that its share price is 153% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Valuation & Earnings
This table compares Lumen Technologies and Allied Gaming & Entertainment”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Lumen Technologies | $11.83 billion | 0.41 | -$1.74 billion | ($1.02) | -4.63 |
| Allied Gaming & Entertainment | $6.58 million | 3.92 | -$32.79 million | ($4.52) | -0.89 |
Allied Gaming & Entertainment has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Lumen Technologies. Lumen Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Allied Gaming & Entertainment, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Profitability
This table compares Lumen Technologies and Allied Gaming & Entertainment’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Lumen Technologies | -8.65% | N/A | -1.56% |
| Allied Gaming & Entertainment | -438.98% | -67.15% | -32.58% |
Summary
Lumen Technologies beats Allied Gaming & Entertainment on 8 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Lumen Technologies
Lumen Technologies, Inc., a facilities-based technology and communications company, provides various integrated products and services to business and residential customers in the United States and internationally. The company operates in two segments, Business and Mass Markets. It offers dark fiber, edge cloud services, internet protocol, managed security, software-defined wide area networks, secure access service edge, unified communications and collaboration, and optical wavelengths services; ethernet and VPN data networks services; and legacy services to manage cash flow, including time division multiplexing voice, private line, and other legacy services, as well as sells communication equipment, and IT solutions. The company also provides high speed and lower speed broadband service to residential and small business customers; local and long-distance voice services, professional services, and other ancillary services; and federal broadband and state support programs. It serves its products and services under the Lumen, Quantum Fiber, and CenturyLink brands. The company was formerly known as CenturyLink, Inc. and changed its name to Lumen Technologies, Inc. in September 2020. Lumen Technologies, Inc. was incorporated in 1968 and is headquartered in Monroe, Louisiana.
About Allied Gaming & Entertainment
Allied Gaming & Entertainment, Inc. operates as an experiential entertainment company, which engages in the creation of esports venues and live events for both video games and poker. The company was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in New York, NY.
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