Critical Analysis: Uniti Group (NASDAQ:UNIT) and NTT (OTCMKTS:NTTYY)

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

Risk and Volatility

NTT has a beta of 0.07, meaning that its stock price is 93% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Uniti Group has a beta of 1.45, meaning that its stock price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares NTT and Uniti Group”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
NTT	$95.72 billion	0.89	$6.84 billion	$1.84	14.20
Uniti Group	$2.23 billion	0.47	$1.30 billion	($3.24)	-1.33

NTT has higher revenue and earnings than Uniti Group. Uniti Group 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 NTT and Uniti Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
NTT	6.29%	9.10%	1.97%
Uniti Group	-21.20%	-397.08%	-6.02%

Insider and Institutional Ownership

0.1% of NTT shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.5% of Uniti Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.9% of Uniti Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings for NTT and Uniti Group, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
NTT	0	1	0	1	3.00
Uniti Group	1	6	1	1	2.22

Uniti Group has a consensus price target of $9.50, indicating a potential upside of 120.93%. Given Uniti Group’s higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Uniti Group is more favorable than NTT.

Summary

NTT beats Uniti Group on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About NTT

NTT, formally Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, is a Japanese telecommunications and information technology company. Its businesses include fixed-line and mobile communications, internet and network services, systems integration, cloud computing, data centers, and other information and communications technology solutions. The company traces its origins to Japan’s Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Public Corporation, established in 1952. It was reorganized as a private corporation in 1985 and has since developed a broad portfolio of communications and technology businesses.

About Uniti Group

Uniti Group is a communications infrastructure company that owns, builds and operates fiber-optic networks and related broadband assets. Its network infrastructure supports broadband, wireless, enterprise and government communications, including fiber connectivity for businesses and other network operators. Founded in 2015 as a spin-off from Windstream, Uniti initially focused on owning and leasing communications infrastructure, including fiber networks. In 2025, Uniti combined with Windstream, bringing together infrastructure operations with Windstream’s Kinetic broadband and enterprise services.