VIV vs. AMX, BCE, ORAN, TEF, KT, FYBR, PHI, TDS, LUMN, and SHEN
Should you be buying Telefônica Brasil stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Telefônica Brasil include América Móvil (AMX), BCE (BCE), Orange (ORAN), Telefónica (TEF), KT (KT), Frontier Communications Parent (FYBR), PLDT (PHI), Telephone and Data Systems (TDS), Lumen Technologies (LUMN), and Shenandoah Telecommunications (SHEN). These companies are all part of the "telephone communication, except radio" industry.
América Móvil (NYSE:AMX) and Telefônica Brasil (NYSE:VIV) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings and institutional ownership.
América Móvil presently has a consensus price target of $21.47, suggesting a potential upside of 24.33%. Telefônica Brasil has a consensus price target of $11.35, suggesting a potential upside of 33.84%. Given América Móvil's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Telefônica Brasil is more favorable than América Móvil.
América Móvil has a beta of 0.95, suggesting that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Telefônica Brasil has a beta of 0.81, suggesting that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Telefônica Brasil has a net margin of 9.63% compared to Telefônica Brasil's net margin of 7.28%. Telefônica Brasil's return on equity of 13.93% beat América Móvil's return on equity.
In the previous week, Telefônica Brasil had 1 more articles in the media than América Móvil. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Telefônica Brasil and 5 mentions for América Móvil. América Móvil's average media sentiment score of 1.17 beat Telefônica Brasil's score of 1.14 indicating that Telefônica Brasil is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
América Móvil has higher revenue and earnings than Telefônica Brasil. Telefônica Brasil is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than América Móvil, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
6.3% of América Móvil shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 5.2% of Telefônica Brasil shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of América Móvil shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
América Móvil received 135 more outperform votes than Telefônica Brasil when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.13% of users gave América Móvil an outperform vote while only 59.90% of users gave Telefônica Brasil an outperform vote.
América Móvil pays an annual dividend of $0.26 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Telefônica Brasil pays an annual dividend of $0.26 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. América Móvil pays out 24.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Telefônica Brasil pays out 41.3% 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.
Summary
América Móvil beats Telefônica Brasil on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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