Alaska Power & Telephone (APTL) versus Its Peers Critical Contrast

Alaska Power & Telephone (OTCMKTS:APTL) is one of 105 publicly-traded companies in the “Electric services” industry, but how does it compare to its competitors? We will compare Alaska Power & Telephone to similar businesses based on the strength of its valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, earnings and profitability.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current recommendations and price targets for Alaska Power & Telephone and its competitors, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Alaska Power & Telephone	0	0	0	0	N/A
Alaska Power & Telephone Competitors	1054	4723	4587	91	2.36

As a group, “Electric services” companies have a potential upside of 3.86%. Given Alaska Power & Telephone’s competitors higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Alaska Power & Telephone has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

58.0% of shares of all “Electric services” companies are held by institutional investors. 7.3% of shares of all “Electric services” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares Alaska Power & Telephone and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Alaska Power & Telephone	10.95%	N/A	N/A
Alaska Power & Telephone Competitors	1.41%	6.88%	1.25%

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Alaska Power & Telephone and its competitors revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Alaska Power & Telephone	$64.21 million	$6.15 million	9.08
Alaska Power & Telephone Competitors	$52.12 billion	$582.15 million	-1.60

Alaska Power & Telephone’s competitors have higher revenue and earnings than Alaska Power & Telephone. Alaska Power & Telephone is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Dividends

Alaska Power & Telephone pays an annual dividend of $1.57 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Alaska Power & Telephone pays out 26.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Electric services” companies pay a dividend yield of 3.1% and pay out 69.1% of their earnings in the form of a dividend.

Risk and Volatility

Alaska Power & Telephone has a beta of 0.52, indicating that its stock price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alaska Power & Telephone’s competitors have a beta of -1.00, indicating that their average stock price is 200% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Alaska Power & Telephone competitors beat Alaska Power & Telephone on 8 of the 12 factors compared.

Alaska Power & Telephone Company Profile

Alaska Power & Telephone Company provides energy, telecommunications, and broadband services to the residents, businesses, and communities of rural Alaska. The company operates through Energy and Telecom divisions. It generates energy using hydro and fossil-fuels. In addition, the company provides voice, as well as broadband services. Alaska Power & Telephone Company was founded in 1957 and is headquartered in Ketchikan, Washington.