VIV vs. TEF, BCE, AES, AGR, LNT, NI, EVRG, NRG, EBR, and ATO
Should you be buying Telefônica Brasil stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Telefônica Brasil include Telefónica (TEF), BCE (BCE), AES (AES), Avangrid (AGR), Alliant Energy (LNT), NiSource (NI), Evergy (EVRG), NRG Energy (NRG), Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás (EBR), and Atmos Energy (ATO). These companies are all part of the "utilities" sector.
Telefônica Brasil (NYSE:VIV) and Telefónica (NYSE:TEF) are both large-cap utilities companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, risk, dividends, valuation, profitability, community ranking, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
Telefónica received 239 more outperform votes than Telefônica Brasil when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 59.90% of users gave Telefônica Brasil an outperform vote while only 57.80% of users gave Telefónica an outperform vote.
Telefônica Brasil has a net margin of 9.63% compared to Telefónica's net margin of -1.57%. Telefónica's return on equity of 7.84% beat Telefônica Brasil's return on equity.
Telefônica Brasil currently has a consensus target price of $11.35, suggesting a potential upside of 25.00%. Given Telefônica Brasil's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Telefônica Brasil is more favorable than Telefónica.
In the previous week, Telefônica Brasil and Telefônica Brasil both had 2 articles in the media. Telefônica Brasil's average media sentiment score of -0.02 beat Telefónica's score of -0.07 indicating that Telefônica Brasil is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Telefônica Brasil pays an annual dividend of $0.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Telefónica pays an annual dividend of $0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.4%. Telefônica Brasil pays out 47.6% 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.
5.2% of Telefônica Brasil shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 1.1% of Telefónica shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of Telefónica shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Telefônica Brasil has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Telefónica. Telefónica is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Telefônica Brasil, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Telefônica Brasil has a beta of 0.79, suggesting that its stock price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Telefónica has a beta of 0.69, suggesting that its stock price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Telefônica Brasil beats Telefónica on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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