Contrasting iQSTEL (IQST) and Its Peers

iQSTEL (NASDAQ:IQST) is one of 202 public companies in the “Diversified Telecommunication Services” industry, but how does it contrast to its competitors? We will compare iQSTEL to related companies based on the strength of its institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, risk, profitability and earnings.

Profitability

This table compares iQSTEL and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
iQSTEL	-2.43%	-45.19%	-15.55%
iQSTEL Competitors	-12.23%	-229.19%	-3.15%

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings and price targets for iQSTEL and its competitors, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
iQSTEL	1	1	1	0	2.00
iQSTEL Competitors	1681	5139	7368	367	2.44

iQSTEL currently has a consensus target price of $18.00, suggesting a potential upside of 1,869.80%. As a group, “Diversified Telecommunication Services” companies have a potential upside of 21.17%. Given iQSTEL’s higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe iQSTEL is more favorable than its competitors.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

32.9% of shares of all “Diversified Telecommunication Services” companies are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of iQSTEL shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 20.0% of shares of all “Diversified Telecommunication Services” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares iQSTEL and its competitors gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
iQSTEL	$316.90 million	-$9.16 million	-0.41
iQSTEL Competitors	$12.35 billion	$976.35 million	-192.34

iQSTEL’s competitors have higher revenue and earnings than iQSTEL. iQSTEL is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Risk and Volatility

iQSTEL has a beta of 1.15, suggesting that its share price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, iQSTEL’s competitors have a beta of -4.71, suggesting that their average share price is 571% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

iQSTEL competitors beat iQSTEL on 8 of the 13 factors compared.

About iQSTEL

iQSTEL Inc., through its subsidiary, Etelix.com USA, LLC, provides telecom and technology solutions. It provides international long-distance voice services (ILD wholesale) for telecommunications operator; and submarine fiber optic network capacity for internet, such as 4G and 5G. The company offers voice over IP connectivity, short messages service (SMS), and international and domestic SMS termination services. It also provides infrastructure connectivity, Cloud-PBX, OmniChannel marketing, Internet of Things services, and blockchain and payment solutions. iQSTEL Inc. serves wholesale carrier, government, corporate, enterprise, and small and medium companies in North America, Latin America, and Europe. The company was formerly known as PureSnax International, Inc. and changed its name to iQSTEL Inc. in August 2018. iQSTEL Inc. was incorporated in 2011 and is based in Coral Gables, Florida.