TMUS vs. VZ, SPOT, ORAN, CHT, TME, TU, WBD, FWONK, FOXA, and FOX
Should you be buying T-Mobile US stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of T-Mobile US include Verizon Communications (VZ), Spotify Technology (SPOT), Orange (ORAN), Chunghwa Telecom (CHT), Tencent Music Entertainment Group (TME), TELUS (TU), Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), Formula One Group (FWONK), FOX (FOXA), and FOX (FOX).
T-Mobile US (NASDAQ:TMUS) and Verizon Communications (NYSE:VZ) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, community ranking, media sentiment, institutional ownership and valuation.
42.5% of T-Mobile US shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 62.1% of Verizon Communications shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of T-Mobile US shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Verizon Communications shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Verizon Communications received 146 more outperform votes than T-Mobile US when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 69.12% of users gave T-Mobile US an outperform vote while only 58.99% of users gave Verizon Communications an outperform vote.
T-Mobile US pays an annual dividend of $2.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Verizon Communications pays an annual dividend of $2.66 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.6%. T-Mobile US pays out 35.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Verizon Communications pays out 99.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
T-Mobile US has a beta of 0.51, suggesting that its share price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Verizon Communications has a beta of 0.41, suggesting that its share price is 59% less volatile than the S&P 500.
T-Mobile US has a net margin of 11.15% compared to Verizon Communications' net margin of 8.38%. Verizon Communications' return on equity of 20.10% beat T-Mobile US's return on equity.
In the previous week, Verizon Communications had 57 more articles in the media than T-Mobile US. MarketBeat recorded 74 mentions for Verizon Communications and 17 mentions for T-Mobile US. T-Mobile US's average media sentiment score of 0.57 beat Verizon Communications' score of 0.28 indicating that T-Mobile US is being referred to more favorably in the media.
T-Mobile US currently has a consensus price target of $194.07, suggesting a potential upside of 10.56%. Verizon Communications has a consensus price target of $45.68, suggesting a potential upside of 13.88%. Given Verizon Communications' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Verizon Communications is more favorable than T-Mobile US.
Verizon Communications has higher revenue and earnings than T-Mobile US. Verizon Communications is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than T-Mobile US, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
T-Mobile US beats Verizon Communications on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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