PHI vs. VIV, KT, FYBR, TDS, LUMN, SHEN, IDT, ATEX, CNSL, and ATNI
Should you be buying PLDT stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of PLDT include Telefônica Brasil (VIV), KT (KT), Frontier Communications Parent (FYBR), Telephone and Data Systems (TDS), Lumen Technologies (LUMN), Shenandoah Telecommunications (SHEN), IDT (IDT), Anterix (ATEX), Consolidated Communications (CNSL), and ATN International (ATNI). These companies are all part of the "telephone communication, except radio" industry.
PLDT (NYSE:PHI) and Telefônica Brasil (NYSE:VIV) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking, media sentiment and valuation.
PLDT received 5 more outperform votes than Telefônica Brasil when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.13% of users gave PLDT an outperform vote while only 59.90% of users gave Telefônica Brasil an outperform vote.
2.3% of PLDT shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 5.2% of Telefônica Brasil shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of PLDT shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
PLDT has a beta of 0.65, indicating that its stock price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Telefônica Brasil has a beta of 0.81, indicating that its stock price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500.
PLDT has a net margin of 12.86% compared to Telefônica Brasil's net margin of 9.63%. PLDT's return on equity of 21.34% beat Telefônica Brasil's return on equity.
Telefônica Brasil has higher revenue and earnings than PLDT.
In the previous week, Telefônica Brasil had 3 more articles in the media than PLDT. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Telefônica Brasil and 0 mentions for PLDT. Telefônica Brasil's average media sentiment score of 1.17 beat PLDT's score of 0.00 indicating that Telefônica Brasil is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Telefônica Brasil has a consensus price target of $11.35, indicating a potential upside of 35.44%. Given Telefônica Brasil's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Telefônica Brasil is more favorable than PLDT.
PLDT pays an annual dividend of $1.17 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. Telefônica Brasil pays an annual dividend of $0.26 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Telefônica Brasil pays out 41.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Summary
Telefônica Brasil beats PLDT on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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