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BCE vs. AMX, CHT, TEF, TME, TU, FOXA, FWONK, WBD, VOD, and FOX

Should you be buying BCE stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BCE include América Móvil (AMX), Chunghwa Telecom (CHT), Telefónica (TEF), Tencent Music Entertainment Group (TME), TELUS (TU), FOX (FOXA), Formula One Group (FWONK), Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), Vodafone Group Public (VOD), and FOX (FOX). These companies are all part of the "communication" industry.

BCE vs.

BCE (NYSE:BCE) and América Móvil (NYSE:AMX) are both large-cap utilities companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation, earnings, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

BCE has a beta of 0.63, meaning that its share price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, América Móvil has a beta of 0.82, meaning that its share price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500.

BCE presently has a consensus price target of $38.67, indicating a potential upside of 80.12%. América Móvil has a consensus price target of $17.22, indicating a potential downside of 1.99%. Given BCE's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe BCE is more favorable than América Móvil.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
BCE
4 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
América Móvil
1 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

América Móvil has a net margin of 3.25% compared to BCE's net margin of 0.99%. BCE's return on equity of 17.89% beat América Móvil's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
BCE0.99% 17.89% 3.88%
América Móvil 3.25%6.38%1.62%

BCE pays an annual dividend of $1.21 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.6%. América Móvil pays an annual dividend of $0.23 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. BCE pays out 465.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. América Móvil pays out 42.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

41.5% of BCE shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.3% of América Móvil shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of BCE shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of América Móvil shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

América Móvil has higher revenue and earnings than BCE. América Móvil is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BCE, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
BCE$24.33B0.82$251.08M$0.2682.57
América Móvil$897.96B0.06$1.55B$0.5432.54

In the previous week, BCE had 8 more articles in the media than América Móvil. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for BCE and 7 mentions for América Móvil. BCE's average media sentiment score of 0.95 beat América Móvil's score of 0.89 indicating that BCE is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
BCE
8 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
7 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
América Móvil
4 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

América Móvil received 108 more outperform votes than BCE when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.92% of users gave América Móvil an outperform vote while only 55.57% of users gave BCE an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
BCEOutperform Votes
409
55.57%
Underperform Votes
327
44.43%
América MóvilOutperform Votes
517
61.92%
Underperform Votes
318
38.08%

Summary

América Móvil beats BCE on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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BCE vs. The Competition

MetricBCETelephone communication, except radio IndustryUtilities SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$20.02B$24.52B$16.41B$19.42B
Dividend Yield12.75%13.19%5.72%3.83%
P/E Ratio178.8915.4520.3834.23
Price / Sales0.823.4822.9834.85
Price / Cash3.659.0218.6817.51
Price / Book1.562.842.114.69
Net Income$251.08M$1.01B$674.16M$1.02B
7 Day Performance-0.62%0.60%1.67%-1.74%
1 Month Performance-3.52%5.49%2.96%7.46%
1 Year Performance-37.13%10.67%7.69%3.96%

BCE Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BCE
BCE
1.7136 of 5 stars
$21.47
-0.9%
$38.67
+80.1%
-36.6%$20.02B$24.33B178.8944,600
AMX
América Móvil
2.741 of 5 stars
$16.95
-0.7%
$17.22
+1.6%
-10.6%$51.71B$897.96B34.60176,000Positive News
Analyst Forecast
CHT
Chunghwa Telecom
0.2523 of 5 stars
$43.42
+1.2%
N/A+13.1%$33.68B$228.58B29.1420,300Positive News
TEF
Telefónica
1.3572 of 5 stars
$4.85
-2.7%
N/A+12.9%$27.47B$41.32B-18.63104,200Analyst Upgrade
Gap Up
TME
Tencent Music Entertainment Group
3.5858 of 5 stars
$14.38
+2.1%
$15.00
+4.3%
+13.5%$24.65B$28.40B26.605,970Positive News
TU
TELUS
3.3965 of 5 stars
$15.92
-0.5%
N/A-2.3%$24.08B$20.14B32.46108,500Positive News
FOXA
FOX
2.9527 of 5 stars
$52.34
+4.2%
$51.65
-1.3%
+67.8%$23.72B$15.18B11.2010,600Positive News
FWONK
Formula One Group
1.4937 of 5 stars
$94.67
-0.7%
$98.14
+3.7%
+35.0%$23.57B$3.65B82.226,800Positive News
Analyst Forecast
WBD
Warner Bros. Discovery
3.7335 of 5 stars
$9.23
+1.7%
$12.22
+32.5%
+13.4%$22.65B$38.34B-2.0137,500Analyst Revision
VOD
Vodafone Group Public
4.5718 of 5 stars
$9.07
-2.5%
N/A+9.2%$22.63B$37.01B7.95104,000Dividend Cut
Analyst Upgrade
FOX
FOX
2.6569 of 5 stars
$48.58
+4.0%
N/A+67.3%$22.03B$15.18B10.4010,600Trending News

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This page (NYSE:BCE) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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