Financial Review: Remote Dynamics (OTCMKTS:RMTD) vs. VEON (NASDAQ:VEON)

VEON (NASDAQ:VEON) and Remote Dynamics (OTCMKTS:RMTD) are both utilities companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, profitability and dividends.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for VEON and Remote Dynamics, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
VEON	0	0	1	0	3.00
Remote Dynamics	0	0	0	0	0.00

VEON currently has a consensus target price of $48.00, indicating a potential upside of 54.84%. Given VEON’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe VEON is more favorable than Remote Dynamics.

Risk and Volatility

VEON has a beta of 1.56, meaning that its share price is 56% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Remote Dynamics has a beta of -0.48, meaning that its share price is 148% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares VEON and Remote Dynamics’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
VEON	-77.48%	28.73%	3.54%
Remote Dynamics	N/A	N/A	N/A

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares VEON and Remote Dynamics”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
VEON	$3.70 billion	0.62	-$2.53 billion	N/A	N/A
Remote Dynamics	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Remote Dynamics has lower revenue, but higher earnings than VEON.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

21.3% of VEON shares are owned by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

VEON beats Remote Dynamics on 8 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About VEON

VEON Ltd., a digital operator, provides connectivity and internet services in Pakistan, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Bangladesh, Uzbekistan, and Kyrgyzstan. It offers mobile telecommunications services, including value added and call completion, national and international roaming, wireless Internet access, mobile financial, and mobile bundle services; data connectivity, cross border transit, voice, Internet, and data services; fixed-line telecommunications using intercity fiber optic networks; and Internet-TV using Fiber to the building technology. The company also sells equipment, infrastructure, and accessories. VEON Ltd. was founded in 1992 and is headquartered in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

About Remote Dynamics

Remote Dynamics, Inc. markets, sells, and supports automatic vehicle location and mobile resource management solutions. It serves its solutions to construction, field services, distribution, limousine, electrical/plumbing, waste management, and government. The company was incorporated in 1994 and is headquartered in Plano, Texas.