Head to Head Contrast: Juma Technology (OTCMKTS:JUMT) vs. Telefonica Brasil (NYSE:VIV)

Juma Technology (OTCMKTS:JUMT) and Telefonica Brasil (NYSE:VIV) are both utilities companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, earnings and analyst recommendations.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Juma Technology and Telefonica Brasil”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Juma Technology	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Telefonica Brasil	$10.36 billion	1.93	$1.03 billion	$0.62	19.83

Telefonica Brasil has higher revenue and earnings than Juma Technology.

Profitability

This table compares Juma Technology and Telefonica Brasil’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Juma Technology	N/A	N/A	N/A
Telefonica Brasil	10.13%	8.32%	4.56%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for Juma Technology and Telefonica Brasil, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Juma Technology	0	0	0	0	0.00
Telefonica Brasil	1	2	2	0	2.20

Telefonica Brasil has a consensus target price of $11.9333, suggesting a potential downside of 2.94%. Given Juma Technology’s higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Juma Technology is more favorable than Telefonica Brasil.

Risk and Volatility

Juma Technology has a beta of 9.57, suggesting that its share price is 857% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Telefonica Brasil has a beta of 0.71, suggesting that its share price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

5.2% of Telefonica Brasil shares are held by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Telefonica Brasil beats Juma Technology on 7 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Juma Technology

Juma Technology Corp., through its subsidiary, Nectar Services Corp., provides a suite of software services for the management, monitoring, and call routing of an entity's voice and data systems. The company offers Converged Management Platform, an intelligent distributed platform that converges the monitoring of voice and data equipment, and the remote management of the various layers of a client's network and systems infrastructure to provide a view of the health and status of an entire network. Its Converged Management Platform is provided as a service to managed service providers in enabling them to monitor and manage their end-clients' facilities, as well as sold by managed service providers or channel partners directly to IT buyers within businesses and enterprises. The company also provides Enterprise Session Management, a managed services software solution that enables carrier class routing and session management functionality for enterprise or business customers. In addition, it offers a hosted telephony service that allows small to medium sized businesses to gain the features and functionality larger firms without purchasing a corporate private branch exchange. The company provides its software services for voice and data networks through a sales channel program of voice over Internet protocol and data integration firms. Juma Technology Corp. was incorporated in 2004 and is headquartered in Farmingdale, New York.

About Telefonica Brasil

Telefônica Brasil S.A., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a mobile telecommunications company in Brazil. Its fixed line services portfolio includes local, domestic long-distance, and international long-distance calls; and mobile portfolio comprises voice and broadband internet access through 3G, 4G, 4.5G, and 5G, as well as mobile value-added and wireless roaming services. The company also offers data services, including broadband and mobile data services. In addition, it provides pay TV services through IPTV technologies; network services, such as rental of facilities; other services comprising internet access, private network connectivity, computer equipment leasing, extended service, caller identification, voice mail, cellular blocker, and others; wholesale services, including interconnection services to users of other network providers; and digital services, such as entertainment, cloud, and security and financial services. Further, the company offers multimedia communication services, which include audio, data, voice and other sounds, images, texts, and other information, as well as sells devices, such as smartphones, broadband USB modems, and other devices. Additionally, it provides telecommunications solutions and IT support to various industries, such as retail, manufacturing, services, financial institutions, government, etc. It markets and sells its solutions through own stores, dealers, retail and distribution channels, door-to-door sales, and outbound tele sales. The company was formerly known as Telecomunicações de São Paulo S.A. – TELESP and changed its name to Telefônica Brasil S.A. in October 2011. The company was incorporated in 1998 and is headquartered in São Paulo, Brazil.