CV (OTCMKTS:CVHL – Get Rating) and American Tower (NYSE:AMT – Get Rating) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability and earnings.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of recent recommendations for CV and American Tower, as provided by MarketBeat.com.
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Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
CV | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A |
American Tower | 0 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 2.93 |
American Tower has a consensus price target of $259.25, indicating a potential upside of 34.22%. Given American Tower's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe American Tower is more favorable than CV.
Earnings & Valuation
This table compares CV and American Tower's revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
CV | $11.77 million | 0.12 | -$12.40 million | N/A | N/A |
American Tower | $10.71 billion | 8.40 | $1.77 billion | $3.84 | 50.30 |
American Tower has higher revenue and earnings than CV.
Risk and Volatility
CV has a beta of 0.64, indicating that its share price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, American Tower has a beta of 0.56, indicating that its share price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Institutional and Insider Ownership
89.7% of American Tower shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.6% of CV shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of American Tower shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Profitability
This table compares CV and American Tower's net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
CV | N/A | N/A | N/A |
American Tower | 16.49% | 15.80% | 2.60% |
Summary
American Tower beats CV on 9 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.
About CV
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CV Holdings, Inc. is a specialty finance company with ownership in finance platforms across multiple businesses, including small-ticket equipment financing and commercial real estate bridge lending. It operates through the subsidiaries Centra Funding LLC and CV Capital Funding LLC. The company was founded on May 10, 2005 and is headquartered in Newport Beach, CA.
About American Tower
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American Tower Corp. provides real estate investment services, and owns, operates, and develops multi-tenant real estate properties. It offers leasing of space on communications sites to wireless service providers, radio and television broadcast companies. It operates through the following segments: U.S. and Canada, Asia-Pacific, Africa, Europe, Latin America, and Data Centers. The company was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.
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