VOD vs. BT.A, AAF, ISAT, ZEG, GAMA, HTWS, TALK, KCOM, MANX, and MAI
Should you be buying Vodafone Group Public stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Vodafone Group Public include BT Group (BT.A), Airtel Africa (AAF), Inmarsat (ISAT), Zegona Communications (ZEG), Gamma Communications (GAMA), Helios Towers (HTWS), TalkTalk Telecom Group (TALK), KCOM Group (KCOM), Manx Telecom (MANX), and Maintel (MAI). These companies are all part of the "telecom services" industry.
BT Group (LON:BT.A) and Vodafone Group Public (LON:VOD) are both large-cap business services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, risk, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, community ranking, earnings and dividends.
In the previous week, BT Group and BT Group both had 1 articles in the media. BT Group's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Vodafone Group Public's score of -0.02 indicating that Vodafone Group Public is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
BT Group has a beta of 0.73, meaning that its share price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vodafone Group Public has a beta of 0.49, meaning that its share price is 51% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Vodafone Group Public has a consensus target price of GBX 98.40, suggesting a potential upside of 30.12%. Given BT Group's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Vodafone Group Public is more favorable than BT Group.
BT Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.1%. Vodafone Group Public pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.6%. BT Group pays out 4,444.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Vodafone Group Public pays out 20,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Vodafone Group Public received 896 more outperform votes than BT Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.34% of users gave Vodafone Group Public an outperform vote while only 72.64% of users gave BT Group an outperform vote.
BT Group has a net margin of 4.11% compared to BT Group's net margin of 3.11%. Vodafone Group Public's return on equity of 6.33% beat BT Group's return on equity.
Vodafone Group Public has higher revenue and earnings than BT Group. BT Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Vodafone Group Public, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
28.4% of BT Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 55.2% of Vodafone Group Public shares are held by institutional investors. 36.6% of BT Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.3% of Vodafone Group Public shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Vodafone Group Public beats BT Group on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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