BCE vs. AMX, TEF, VIV, KT, FYBR, PHI, TDS, LUMN, IDT, and SHEN
Should you be buying BCE stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BCE include América Móvil (AMX), Telefónica (TEF), 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 BCE (NYSE:BCE) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, earnings and risk.
BCE has a net margin of 7.53% compared to BCE's net margin of 7.28%. América Móvil's return on equity of 16.86% beat BCE's return on equity.
América Móvil presently has a consensus price target of $21.47, indicating a potential upside of 24.22%. BCE has a consensus price target of $49.00, indicating a potential upside of 43.15%. Given América Móvil's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe BCE is more favorable than América Móvil.
América Móvil pays an annual dividend of $0.26 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. BCE pays an annual dividend of $2.91 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.5%. América Móvil pays out 24.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. BCE pays out 202.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. BCE has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years. BCE is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
6.3% of América Móvil shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.5% of BCE shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of América Móvil shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of BCE shares are owned 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.
América Móvil has a beta of 0.95, meaning that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BCE has a beta of 0.57, meaning that its share price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, BCE had 3 more articles in the media than América Móvil. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for BCE and 5 mentions for América Móvil. América Móvil's average media sentiment score of 1.45 beat BCE's score of 1.14 indicating that BCE is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
América Móvil has higher revenue and earnings than BCE. América Móvil is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BCE, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
América Móvil received 82 more outperform votes than BCE when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.13% of users gave América Móvil an outperform vote while only 56.61% of users gave BCE an outperform vote.
Summary
BCE beats América Móvil on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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