NTT (NTTYY) and Its Rivals Financial Survey

NTT (OTCMKTS:NTTYY) is one of 203 public companies in the “Diversified Telecommunication Services” industry, but how does it contrast to its competitors? We will compare NTT to related companies based on the strength of its risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, earnings and valuation.

Risk and Volatility

NTT has a beta of 0.07, indicating that its share price is 93% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NTT’s competitors have a beta of -4.90, indicating that their average share price is 590% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and recommmendations for NTT and its competitors, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
NTT	0	1	0	1	3.00
NTT Competitors	1755	5352	7764	384	2.44

As a group, “Diversified Telecommunication Services” companies have a potential upside of 24.16%. Given NTT’s competitors higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe NTT has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Dividends

NTT pays an annual dividend of $0.62 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. NTT pays out 29.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Diversified Telecommunication Services” companies pay a dividend yield of 13.8% and pay out 33.0% of their earnings in the form of a dividend.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares NTT and its competitors revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
NTT	$95.72 billion	$6.84 billion	12.15
NTT Competitors	$12.25 billion	$893.66 million	-168.16

NTT has higher revenue and earnings than its competitors. NTT 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.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

0.1% of NTT shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 32.8% of shares of all “Diversified Telecommunication Services” companies are held by institutional investors. 18.3% of shares of all “Diversified Telecommunication Services” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
NTT	7.17%	10.45%	2.41%
NTT Competitors	-12.09%	-217.39%	-3.35%

Summary

NTT beats its competitors on 10 of the 15 factors compared.

About NTT

Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation operates as a telecommunications company in Japan and internationally. It operates through Integrated ICT Business, Regional Communications Business, Global Solutions Business, and Others segments. The Integrated ICT Business segment offers mobile phone, domestic inter-prefectural communications, international communications, solutions, and system development and related services. The Regional Communications Business segment provides intra-prefectural communications and related ancillary services. The Global Solutions Business segment offers consulting, system and software development, network system, cloud, global data center, and related services. The Others segment engages in the real estate, energy, and other businesses. The company was founded in 1952 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.