VOD vs. BT.A, BBGI, PHI, TEF, CNCT, CNSL, CEL, OTT, BCE, and FOX
Should you be buying Vodafone Group Public stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Vodafone Group Public include BT Group (BT.A), BBGI Global Infrastructure (BBGI), Pacific Horizon Investment Trust (PHI), Telford Homes (TEF), Smiths News Plc (CNCT.L) (CNCT), Cambridge Nutritional Sciences (CNSL), Celadon Pharmaceuticals (CEL), Oxford Technology 3 Venture Capital Trust (OTT), Beacon Energy (BCE), and Fox Marble (FOX). These companies are all part of the "communication" industry.
Vodafone Group Public vs.
BT Group (LON:BT.A) and Vodafone Group Public (LON:VOD) are both large-cap business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, risk, media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, analyst recommendations and valuation.
In the previous week, BT Group and BT Group both had 5 articles in the media. Vodafone Group Public's average media sentiment score of 0.37 beat BT Group's score of 0.27 indicating that Vodafone Group Public is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
27.7% of BT Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 56.4% of Vodafone Group Public shares are held by institutional investors. 43.9% of BT Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.9% of Vodafone Group Public shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
BT Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. Vodafone Group Public pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.2%. BT Group pays out 8,888.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Vodafone Group Public pays out 362.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Vodafone Group Public is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
BT Group has a net margin of 4.11% compared to Vodafone Group Public's net margin of 1.79%. BT Group's return on equity of 6.33% beat Vodafone Group Public's return on equity.
Vodafone Group Public has a consensus price target of GBX 66, suggesting a potential downside of 15.58%. Given Vodafone Group Public's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Vodafone Group Public is more favorable than BT Group.
BT Group has a beta of 0.69, indicating that its stock price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vodafone Group Public has a beta of 0.54, indicating that its stock price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Vodafone Group Public received 896 more outperform votes than BT Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.29% of users gave Vodafone Group Public an outperform vote while only 72.64% of users gave BT Group an outperform vote.
BT Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Vodafone Group Public. Vodafone Group Public is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BT Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Vodafone Group Public beats BT Group on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:VOD) was last updated on 5/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
