Analyzing Cellcom Israel (CELJF) & The Competition

Cellcom Israel (OTCMKTS:CELJF – Get Rating) is one of 27 publicly-traded companies in the “Radiotelephone communication” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its peers? We will compare Cellcom Israel to similar businesses based on the strength of its earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation and risk.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Cellcom Israel and its peers revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Cellcom Israel	$1.14 billion	-$53.00 million	-39.09
Cellcom Israel Competitors	$17.83 billion	$970.47 million	10.11

Cellcom Israel’s peers have higher revenue and earnings than Cellcom Israel. Cellcom Israel is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets for Cellcom Israel and its peers, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Cellcom Israel	0	0	0	0	N/A
Cellcom Israel Competitors	168	586	1085	44	2.53

As a group, “Radiotelephone communication” companies have a potential upside of 82.61%. Given Cellcom Israel’s peers higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Cellcom Israel has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Profitability

This table compares Cellcom Israel and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Cellcom Israel	-1.08%	-2.40%	-0.66%
Cellcom Israel Competitors	-39.07%	28.52%	-4.75%

Institutional and Insider Ownership

24.4% of shares of all “Radiotelephone communication” companies are owned by institutional investors. 1.6% of shares of all “Radiotelephone communication” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Risk and Volatility

Cellcom Israel has a beta of 0.92, meaning that its share price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cellcom Israel’s peers have a beta of 5.86, meaning that their average share price is 486% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Cellcom Israel peers beat Cellcom Israel on 8 of the 10 factors compared.

Cellcom Israel Company Profile (Get Rating)

Cellcom Israel Ltd. provides cellular communications services in Israel. It operates in two segments, Real Estate and Net. The company offers internet access and infrastructure, internet television, international telephony, landline telephony, and transmission services for business customers and telecommunications operators. It also provides switchboard, communication systems management, and information security services; and conference call, server hosting, and cloud services, as well as equipment and repair services for end equipment. As of December 31, 2021, it had approximately 10.7 million cellular subscribers. Cellcom Israel Ltd. was incorporated in 1994 and is headquartered in Netanya, Israel.

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