TEF vs. AMX, BCE, VIV, KT, FYBR, PHI, TDS, LUMN, IDT, and SHEN
Should you be buying Telefónica stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Telefónica include América Móvil (AMX), BCE (BCE), Telefônica Brasil (VIV), KT (KT), Frontier Communications Parent (FYBR), PLDT (PHI), Telephone and Data Systems (TDS), Lumen Technologies (LUMN), IDT (IDT), and Shenandoah Telecommunications (SHEN). These companies are all part of the "telephone communication, except radio" industry.
América Móvil (NYSE:AMX) and Telefónica (NYSE:TEF) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, valuation, earnings, institutional ownership and risk.
Telefónica received 105 more outperform votes than América Móvil when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.13% of users gave América Móvil an outperform vote while only 57.78% of users gave Telefónica an outperform vote.
América Móvil has a beta of 0.96, meaning that its stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Telefónica has a beta of 0.69, meaning that its stock price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500.
América Móvil has a net margin of 7.28% compared to América Móvil's net margin of -1.57%. Telefónica's return on equity of 13.93% beat América Móvil's return on equity.
América Móvil has higher revenue and earnings than Telefónica. Telefónica is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than América Móvil, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
América Móvil currently has a consensus target price of $21.47, suggesting a potential upside of 15.78%. Given Telefónica's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe América Móvil is more favorable than Telefónica.
6.3% of América Móvil shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 1.1% of Telefónica shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of América Móvil shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Telefónica shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
América Móvil pays an annual dividend of $0.26 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Telefónica pays an annual dividend of $0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. América Móvil pays out 24.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Telefónica pays out -150.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Telefónica is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, Telefónica had 9 more articles in the media than América Móvil. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Telefónica and 4 mentions for América Móvil. Telefónica's average media sentiment score of 0.68 beat América Móvil's score of -0.03 indicating that América Móvil is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
América Móvil beats Telefónica on 16 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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