Millicom International Cellular (TIGO) Competitors

Millicom International Cellular (NASDAQ:TIGO) and TELUS (NYSE:TU) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, dividends and valuation.

Is TIGO or TU more profitable?

TELUS has a net margin of 4.85% compared to Millicom International Cellular's net margin of 2.70%. TELUS's return on equity of 9.07% beat Millicom International Cellular's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Millicom International Cellular	2.70%	4.43%	1.11%
TELUS	4.85%	9.07%	2.68%

Do analysts recommend TIGO or TU?

Millicom International Cellular presently has a consensus target price of $38.23, suggesting a potential upside of 4.32%. TELUS has a consensus target price of $21.50, suggesting a potential upside of 33.66%. Given TELUS's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe TELUS is more favorable than Millicom International Cellular.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Millicom International Cellular	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.86
TELUS	0 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.13

Which has higher valuation and earnings, TIGO or TU?

TELUS has higher revenue and earnings than Millicom International Cellular. Millicom International Cellular is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than TELUS, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Millicom International Cellular	$5.69B	1.11	-$82M	$2.08	17.62
TELUS	$20.29B	1.20	$724.69M	$0.57	28.22

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in TIGO or TU?

TELUS received 221 more outperform votes than Millicom International Cellular when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.36% of users gave TELUS an outperform vote while only 56.40% of users gave Millicom International Cellular an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Millicom International Cellular	Outperform Votes 207 56.40%	Underperform Votes 160 43.60%
TELUS	Outperform Votes 428 59.36%	Underperform Votes 293 40.64%

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of TIGO or TU?

49.4% of TELUS shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Millicom International Cellular shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of TELUS shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk and volatility, TIGO or TU?

Millicom International Cellular has a beta of 1.08, suggesting that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TELUS has a beta of 0.74, suggesting that its stock price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to TIGO or TU?

In the previous week, Millicom International Cellular had 1 more articles in the media than TELUS. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Millicom International Cellular and 3 mentions for TELUS. TELUS's average media sentiment score of 1.26 beat Millicom International Cellular's score of 1.06 indicating that TELUS is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Millicom International Cellular	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
TELUS	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is TIGO or TU a better dividend stock?

Millicom International Cellular pays an annual dividend of $3.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.2%. TELUS pays an annual dividend of $1.21 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.5%. Millicom International Cellular pays out 144.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. TELUS pays out 212.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. TELUS has raised its dividend for 5 consecutive years. Millicom International Cellular is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

TELUS beats Millicom International Cellular on 12 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.