TIGO vs. TU, FOX, BCE, VIV, TLK, PARAA, RCI, ASTS, LBRDK, and LBRDA
Should you be buying Millicom International Cellular stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Millicom International Cellular include TELUS (TU), FOX (FOX), BCE (BCE), Telefonica Brasil (VIV), PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia, Tbk (TLK), Paramount Global (PARAA), Rogers Communication (RCI), AST SpaceMobile (ASTS), Liberty Broadband (LBRDK), and Liberty Broadband (LBRDA). These companies are all part of the "communication" industry.
Millicom International Cellular vs. Its Competitors
TELUS (NYSE:TU) and Millicom International Cellular (NASDAQ:TIGO) are both communication companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, media sentiment, earnings and valuation.
TELUS presently has a consensus target price of $21.50, indicating a potential upside of 32.55%. Millicom International Cellular has a consensus target price of $38.08, indicating a potential upside of 0.59%. Given TELUS's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe TELUS is more favorable than Millicom International Cellular.
In the previous week, TELUS had 13 more articles in the media than Millicom International Cellular. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for TELUS and 3 mentions for Millicom International Cellular. Millicom International Cellular's average media sentiment score of 0.68 beat TELUS's score of 0.57 indicating that Millicom International Cellular is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
49.4% of TELUS shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of TELUS shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Millicom International Cellular shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
TELUS has a beta of 0.73, meaning that its stock price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Millicom International Cellular has a beta of 1.06, meaning that its stock price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
Millicom International Cellular has a net margin of 6.20% compared to TELUS's net margin of 5.78%. Millicom International Cellular's return on equity of 10.02% beat TELUS's return on equity.
TELUS pays an annual dividend of $1.21 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.5%. Millicom International Cellular pays an annual dividend of $3.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.9%. 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. 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 has increased its dividend for 5 consecutive years. Millicom International Cellular is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
Millicom International Cellular beats TELUS on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NASDAQ:TIGO) was last updated on 7/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
