BCE (BCE) Competitors

TELUS (NYSE:TU) and BCE (NYSE:BCE) are both large-cap utilities companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, dividends and media sentiment.

Is TU or BCE more profitable?

TELUS has a net margin of 4.67% compared to BCE's net margin of 1.96%. BCE's return on equity of 18.89% beat TELUS's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
TELUS	4.67%	9.10%	2.59%
BCE	1.96%	18.89%	3.74%

Do analysts prefer TU or BCE?

TELUS presently has a consensus price target of $21.50, suggesting a potential upside of 31.00%. BCE has a consensus price target of $38.67, suggesting a potential upside of 56.13%. Given BCE's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe BCE is more favorable than TELUS.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
TELUS	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.14
BCE	4 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of TU or BCE?

49.4% of TELUS shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.5% of BCE shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of TELUS shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of BCE shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk & volatility, TU or BCE?

TELUS has a beta of 0.73, meaning that its stock price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BCE has a beta of 0.62, meaning that its stock price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, TU or BCE?

TELUS has higher earnings, but lower revenue than BCE. TELUS is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BCE, 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
TELUS	$14.88B	1.68	$724.69M	$0.46	35.68
BCE	$17.82B	1.30	$251.05M	$0.29	85.40

Does the media favor TU or BCE?

In the previous week, BCE had 2 more articles in the media than TELUS. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for BCE and 10 mentions for TELUS. TELUS's average media sentiment score of 1.61 beat BCE's score of 0.71 indicating that TELUS is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
TELUS	9 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
BCE	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is TU or BCE a better dividend stock?

TELUS pays an annual dividend of $1.21 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.4%. BCE pays an annual dividend of $1.27 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. TELUS pays out 263.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. BCE pays out 437.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. TELUS has raised its dividend for 5 consecutive years. TELUS is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Summary

TELUS beats BCE on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.