Critical Analysis: Alaska Power & Telephone (APTL) and Its Competitors

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Alaska Power & Telephone and its peers top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Alaska Power & Telephone	$64.21 million	$6.15 million	9.31
Alaska Power & Telephone Competitors	$10.34 billion	$582.15 million	6.02

Alaska Power & Telephone’s peers have higher revenue and earnings than Alaska Power & Telephone. Alaska Power & Telephone is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, 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 67.8% of their earnings in the form of a dividend.

Risk and Volatility

Alaska Power & Telephone has a beta of 0.51, meaning that its share price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alaska Power & Telephone’s peers have a beta of -1.02, meaning that their average share price is 202% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Alaska Power & Telephone and its peers’ 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	0.20%	6.75%	1.16%

Institutional and Insider 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 large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Alaska Power & Telephone peers beat Alaska Power & Telephone on 7 of the 11 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.