AMX vs. T, VZ, MSI, CARR, NTES, ROP, PYPL, SNOW, WDAY, and NXPI
Should you be buying América Móvil stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of América Móvil include AT&T (T), Verizon Communications (VZ), Motorola Solutions (MSI), Carrier Global (CARR), NetEase (NTES), Roper Technologies (ROP), PayPal (PYPL), Snowflake (SNOW), Workday (WDAY), and NXP Semiconductors (NXPI). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
AT&T (NYSE:T) and América Móvil (NYSE:AMX) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, profitability, community ranking and earnings.
57.1% of AT&T shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.3% of América Móvil shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of AT&T shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of América Móvil shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
AT&T pays an annual dividend of $1.11 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.4%. América Móvil pays an annual dividend of $0.26 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. AT&T pays out 59.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. América Móvil pays out 24.1% 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. AT&T has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. AT&T is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
AT&T presently has a consensus target price of $20.81, indicating a potential upside of 19.04%. América Móvil has a consensus target price of $21.47, indicating a potential upside of 10.42%. Given América Móvil's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe AT&T is more favorable than América Móvil.
AT&T has a beta of 0.57, suggesting that its share price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, América Móvil has a beta of 0.96, suggesting that its share price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, AT&T had 27 more articles in the media than América Móvil. MarketBeat recorded 30 mentions for AT&T and 3 mentions for América Móvil. AT&T's average media sentiment score of 1.47 beat América Móvil's score of 0.62 indicating that América Móvil is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
AT&T has higher revenue and earnings than América Móvil. AT&T is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than América Móvil, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
AT&T has a net margin of 11.13% compared to AT&T's net margin of 7.28%. América Móvil's return on equity of 14.63% beat AT&T's return on equity.
AT&T received 932 more outperform votes than América Móvil when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.96% of users gave AT&T an outperform vote while only 61.13% of users gave América Móvil an outperform vote.
Summary
AT&T beats América Móvil on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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