Millicom International Cellular (TIGO) Competitors

Tencent Music Entertainment Group (NYSE:TME) and Millicom International Cellular (NASDAQ:TIGO) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, community ranking, valuation, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership and risk.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor TME or TIGO?

Millicom International Cellular received 78 more outperform votes than Tencent Music Entertainment Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 58.88% of users gave Tencent Music Entertainment Group an outperform vote while only 56.04% of users gave Millicom International Cellular an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Tencent Music Entertainment Group	Outperform Votes 126 58.88%	Underperform Votes 88 41.12%
Millicom International Cellular	Outperform Votes 204 56.04%	Underperform Votes 160 43.96%

Do analysts prefer TME or TIGO?

Tencent Music Entertainment Group currently has a consensus target price of $15.00, suggesting a potential upside of 12.23%. Millicom International Cellular has a consensus target price of $35.65, suggesting a potential upside of 5.75%. Given Tencent Music Entertainment Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Tencent Music Entertainment Group is more favorable than Millicom International Cellular.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Tencent Music Entertainment Group	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.90
Millicom International Cellular	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.86

Does the media prefer TME or TIGO?

In the previous week, Tencent Music Entertainment Group had 7 more articles in the media than Millicom International Cellular. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Tencent Music Entertainment Group and 9 mentions for Millicom International Cellular. Tencent Music Entertainment Group's average media sentiment score of 1.06 beat Millicom International Cellular's score of 0.57 indicating that Tencent Music Entertainment Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Tencent Music Entertainment Group	9 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Millicom International Cellular	3 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is TME or TIGO more profitable?

Tencent Music Entertainment Group has a net margin of 21.53% compared to Millicom International Cellular's net margin of 2.70%. Tencent Music Entertainment Group's return on equity of 10.67% beat Millicom International Cellular's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Tencent Music Entertainment Group	21.53%	10.67%	8.14%
Millicom International Cellular	2.70%	4.43%	1.11%

Is TME or TIGO a better dividend stock?

Tencent Music Entertainment Group pays an annual dividend of $0.17 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Millicom International Cellular pays an annual dividend of $3.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.9%. Tencent Music Entertainment Group pays out 28.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Millicom International Cellular pays out 202.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Which has more risk and volatility, TME or TIGO?

Tencent Music Entertainment Group has a beta of 0.5, suggesting that its stock price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Millicom International Cellular has a beta of 0.9, suggesting that its stock price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in TME or TIGO?

24.3% of Tencent Music Entertainment Group shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Millicom International Cellular shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has better valuation and earnings, TME or TIGO?

Tencent Music Entertainment Group has higher revenue and earnings than Millicom International Cellular. Tencent Music Entertainment Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Millicom International Cellular, 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
Tencent Music Entertainment Group	$28.40B	0.81	$695.20M	$0.59	22.65
Millicom International Cellular	$5.80B	1.00	-$82M	$1.48	22.78

Summary

Tencent Music Entertainment Group beats Millicom International Cellular on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.