Comparing Alaska Power & Telephone (APTL) and Its Peers

Alaska Power & Telephone (OTCMKTS:APTL) is one of 104 public companies in the “Electric services” industry, but how does it contrast to its competitors? We will compare Alaska Power & Telephone to similar businesses based on the strength of its institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk and earnings.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Alaska Power & Telephone and its competitors gross 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	$74.91 billion	$560.75 million	2.43

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.

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	1.26%	6.84%	1.22%

Volatility and Risk

Alaska Power & Telephone has a beta of 0.52, meaning that its stock price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alaska Power & Telephone’s competitors have a beta of -1.05, meaning that their average stock price is 205% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current recommendations 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	1043	4578	4346	91	2.35

As a group, “Electric services” companies have a potential upside of 7.10%. 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

57.6% of shares of all “Electric services” companies are owned by institutional investors. 7.5% of shares of all “Electric services” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

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 3.3% and pay out 71.9% of their earnings in the form of a dividend.

Summary

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

About Alaska Power & Telephone

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.