Financial Analysis: Chorus (OTCMKTS:CHRYY) vs. Vodafone Group (NASDAQ:VOD)

Chorus (OTCMKTS:CHRYY) and Vodafone Group (NASDAQ:VOD) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, risk, dividends, earnings and analyst recommendations.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

7.8% of Vodafone Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Vodafone Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Chorus and Vodafone Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Chorus	N/A	N/A	N/A
Vodafone Group	N/A	N/A	N/A

Dividends

Chorus pays an annual dividend of $1.17 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. Vodafone Group pays an annual dividend of $0.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%.

Volatility and Risk

Chorus has a beta of 0.8, meaning that its stock price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vodafone Group has a beta of 0.46, meaning that its stock price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and price targets for Chorus and Vodafone Group, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Chorus	0	0	0	0	0.00
Vodafone Group	4	3	2	0	1.78

Vodafone Group has a consensus target price of $72.00, suggesting a potential upside of 375.88%. Given Vodafone Group’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Vodafone Group is more favorable than Chorus.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Chorus and Vodafone Group”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Chorus	$599.03 million	3.88	$2.36 million	N/A	N/A
Vodafone Group	$39.39 billion	0.89	-$4.48 billion	N/A	N/A

Chorus has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Vodafone Group.

Summary

Vodafone Group beats Chorus on 6 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Chorus

Chorus Limited, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the provision of fixed line communications infrastructure services in New Zealand. It offers phone and broadband services for residential and business customers; data and voice services; and solutions for transport and infrastructure. The company also builds and maintains a network of fibre and copper cables, local telephone exchanges, and cabinets. In addition, it offers co-location and value-added network services. The company was incorporated in 2011 and is based in Wellington, New Zealand.

About Vodafone Group

Vodafone Group Public Limited Company provides telecommunication services in Europe and internationally. It offers mobile connectivity services comprising end-to-end services for mobile voice and data, messaging, device management, BYOx, and telecoms management, as well as professional and consulting services; and fixed line connectivity, such as fixed voice and data, broadband, software-defined networks, managed WAN, LAN, ethernet, and satellite; and financial services, as well as business and merchant services. The company also provides consumer Internet of Things (IoT) propositions, as well as security and insurance products; mobile services; logistics, fleet management, and smart metering services; WiFi; digital services comprising mobile application development, multi-access edge computing, worker insights, AI assistant, drone detection, visual inspection, and mixed reality, as well as Vodafone Analytics platform; and traditional IT hosting services, including colocation, managed hosting, security, hosting infrastructure, and flexible computing for government. In addition, it offers integrated business communication services, as well as fixed mobile convergence services; and carrier services, as well as IoT devices comprising managed tablets and integrated terminals. Further, it offers M-Pesa, an African mobile money platform to make payments and provide financial services; Vodafone Business multi-cloud platform; and productivity solutions, as well as operates digital cloud-based television platforms. It serves private and public sector customers in the manufacturing, retail, automotive, banking finance, healthcare, smart cities and public, agriculture, transport and logistics, and energy and utilities management industries. It offers its products and services through digital and physical channels. Vodafone Group Public Limited Company has a strategic partnership with Open Fiber. The company was incorporated in 1984 and is based in Newbury, the United Kingdom.