AT&T INC. vs VEON Ltd., two Telecom stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where T and VEON diverge most: on revenue growth, T reads +2.6% and VEON reads -7.6%; on fcf yield, T reads 2.5% and VEON reads -18.9%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What T's price implies is a demanding bet versus history and the cohort (segment-resolved basis). What VEON's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | T | VEON |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $23.27 | $52.45 |
| Market cap | $161.6B | $3.9B |
| Sector | Telecom | Telecom |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| P/E | 7.7 | 3.5 |
| P/B | 1.28 | 2.37 |
| P/S | 1.27 | 0.98 |
| EV/EBITDA | 3.3 | 1.4 |
| Revenue growth | +2.6% | -7.6% |
| Operating margin | 22.3% | 75.4% |
| Net margin | 12.4% | 29.2% |
| Return on equity | 12.5% | 70.5% |
| Return on assets | 3.7% | 12.5% |
| Return on invested capital | 16.3% | 85.4% |
| FCF yield | 2.5% | -18.9% |
| Dividend yield | 4.8% | — |
| Debt / equity | 0.07 | 0.00 |
| Current ratio | 0.97 | 0.00 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 6.41 | 6.28 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 5 / 9 | 6 / 9 |
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