LICT (OTCMKTS:LICT – Get Free Report) and Singapore Telecommunications (OTCMKTS:SGAPY – Get Free Report) are both utilities companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, risk, institutional ownership and valuation.
Profitability
This table compares LICT and Singapore Telecommunications’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| LICT | 6.88% | N/A | N/A |
| Singapore Telecommunications | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Risk and Volatility
LICT has a beta of 0.05, suggesting that its stock price is 95% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Singapore Telecommunications has a beta of 0.2, suggesting that its stock price is 80% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Analyst Ratings
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| LICT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Singapore Telecommunications | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.00 |
Institutional and Insider Ownership
0.0% of Singapore Telecommunications shares are held by institutional investors. 26.1% of LICT shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Valuation & Earnings
This table compares LICT and Singapore Telecommunications”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| LICT | $141.40 million | 1.66 | $12.19 million | $627.00 | 18.67 |
| Singapore Telecommunications | $11.06 billion | 5.07 | $4.35 billion | N/A | N/A |
Singapore Telecommunications has higher revenue and earnings than LICT.
Summary
Singapore Telecommunications beats LICT on 6 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.
About LICT
LICT Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, provides broadband, voice, and video services to residential, commercial, and governmental customers. The company offers high speed broadband services, including internet access through copper-based digital subscriber lines, fiber optic facilities, fixed wireless, and cable modems; video services through traditional cable television services and internet protocol television services; voice over internet protocol services; wireless voice communications services; and other telecommunications related services. It operates in California, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, New Mexico, Utah, and Wisconsin. The company was formerly known as Lynch Interactive Corporation and changed its name to LICT Corporation in March 2007. LICT Corporation was incorporated in 1996 and is based in Rye, New York.
About Singapore Telecommunications
Singapore Telecommunications Limited, together with its subsidiaries, provides telecommunication services to consumers and small businesses in Singapore, Australia, China, and internationally. The company operates through Optus, Singtel Singapore, NCS, Digital InfraCo, and Corporate segments. The company provides mobile, equipment sales, fixed voice and data, satellite, ICT and managed services; mobile, fixed voice and data, pay television, content and digital services, ICT as well as equipment sales in Singapore; and provides differentiated and end-to-end technology services to clients through its Gov+, Enterprise, and Telco+ strategic business groups with its NEXT capabilities in digital, data, cloud and platforms, as well as offers applications, infrastructure, engineering and cyber. It offers regional data centre services under Nxera; satellite carrier services; and Paragon, Singtel’s all-in-one digital acceleration platform for 5G multi-access edge compute and cloud orchestration. The company was incorporated in 1992 and is headquartered in Singapore.
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