ATN International (NASDAQ:ATNI – Get Free Report) and Gamma Communications (OTCMKTS:GAMCF – Get Free Report) are both communication services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, profitability, valuation and institutional ownership.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of recent ratings and price targets for ATN International and Gamma Communications, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| ATN International | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.50 |
| Gamma Communications | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.00 |
Valuation and Earnings
This table compares ATN International and Gamma Communications”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| ATN International | $730.90 million | 0.50 | -$14.91 million | ($0.99) | -24.05 |
| Gamma Communications | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Gamma Communications has lower revenue, but higher earnings than ATN International.
Insider & Institutional Ownership
65.5% of ATN International shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.6% of ATN International 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.
Profitability
This table compares ATN International and Gamma Communications’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| ATN International | -1.20% | 0.55% | 0.18% |
| Gamma Communications | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Summary
ATN International beats Gamma Communications on 5 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.
About ATN International
ATN International, Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in the provision of digital infrastructure and communications services to residential, business, and government customers in the United States and internationally. The company operates through International Telecom and US Telecom segments. The company offers mobile, data, voice, broadband, and fixed services; handsets and accessories; and wholesale roaming, long distance voice services, and site maintenance services. It also leases critical network infrastructure, including towers and transport facilities; and provides managed information technology services, such as network, application, infrastructure, and hosting services. The company was formerly known as Atlantic Tele-Network, Inc. and changed its name to ATN International, Inc. in June 2016. ATN International, Inc. was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in Beverly, Massachusetts.
About Gamma Communications
Gamma Communications plc, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the provision of technology-based communications and software services for small, medium, and large sized to businesses in Western Europe. The company offers Unified Communications as a Service products for enabling businesses to raise productivity, boost agility, and increase collaboration; Contact Centre as a Service, through a software platform that allows contact centres to operate over the internet for SMEs and Enterprise; and Direct Routing and Operator Connect services, designed to enable seamless and integrated calling between Teams and the local telephony infrastructure. It also offers Session Initiation Protocol trunking service with inbound call management functionality; and PhoneLine+, a phone line replacement service using VoIP technology to deliver voice calls over the broadband network. In addition, the company offers CircleLoop, a cloud-based telephony product, serviced through web, desktop and mobile applications and aimed at the micro-business market; and Cloud PBX, a virtual PBX system rooted on the internet, automatically answers all calls and routes them to the right department or user extension. Further, it provides Horizon, a business phone system with hosted communications service that provides businesses with fixed and mobile telephony capabilities; Horizon Collaborate, a solution for internal and external communication needs, including voice and video calls, instant messaging, video conferencing, and desktop and document sharing; and Horizon Contact, a cloud-based contact center solution, designed to work in conjunction with Horizon and Horizon Collaborate. The company offers its services through a network of channel partners, as well as directly to end users. Gamma Communications plc was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.
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