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

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

BCE vs. Its Competitors

America Movil (NYSE:AMX) and BCE (NYSE:BCE) are both large-cap communication companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends and media sentiment.

America Movil has higher revenue and earnings than BCE. America Movil 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
America Movil$47.69B1.15$1.13B$0.5433.33
BCE$17.82B1.18$251.05M$0.2686.90

America Movil has a net margin of 3.55% compared to BCE's net margin of 1.82%. BCE's return on equity of 19.22% beat America Movil's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
America Movil3.55% 7.19% 1.79%
BCE 1.82%19.22%3.87%

America Movil currently has a consensus price target of $16.62, indicating a potential downside of 7.67%. BCE has a consensus price target of $38.67, indicating a potential upside of 71.13%. Given BCE's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe BCE is more favorable than America Movil.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
America Movil
1 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
BCE
4 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.08

America Movil has a beta of 0.79, indicating that its share price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BCE has a beta of 0.61, indicating that its share price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, BCE had 13 more articles in the media than America Movil. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for BCE and 5 mentions for America Movil. BCE's average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat America Movil's score of 0.80 indicating that BCE is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
America Movil
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
BCE
8 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

6.3% of America Movil shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.5% of BCE shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of America Movil shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of BCE shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

America Movil pays an annual dividend of $0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. BCE pays an annual dividend of $1.27 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.6%. America Movil pays out 44.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. BCE pays out 488.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Summary

BCE beats America Movil on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding BCE and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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BCE vs. The Competition

MetricBCEDiversified Comm Services IndustryUtilities SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$20.67B$32.90B$15.86B$20.43B
Dividend Yield5.74%20.29%5.59%3.76%
P/E Ratio86.9025.8620.3927.62
Price / Sales1.183.3128.7836.40
Price / Cash3.4711.1819.1021.79
Price / Book2.043.502.164.52
Net Income$251.05M$1.00B$751.09M$984.47M
7 Day Performance3.03%2.45%1.38%2.61%
1 Month Performance1.46%3.41%3.30%4.99%
1 Year Performance-27.88%31.66%17.18%13.53%

BCE Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BCE
BCE
1.9645 of 5 stars
$22.60
+1.9%
$38.67
+71.1%
-29.6%$20.67B$17.82B86.9040,390Analyst Revision
AMX
America Movil
2.0905 of 5 stars
$17.95
+2.5%
$16.62
-7.4%
+5.3%$54.48B$897.96B33.24176,000
CHT
Chunghwa Telecom
0.2514 of 5 stars
$46.57
-0.6%
N/A+20.3%$36.13B$7.16B31.2620,300
TME
Tencent Music Entertainment Group
2.6585 of 5 stars
$19.55
+2.4%
$16.60
-15.1%
+34.5%$33.55B$3.89B23.275,970Positive News
TEF
Telefonica
1.9062 of 5 stars
$5.23
+0.8%
N/A+25.5%$29.65B$41.04B-13.76104,200
WBD
Warner Bros. Discovery
2.4421 of 5 stars
$11.46
+1.4%
$12.17
+6.2%
+54.1%$28.13B$39.32B-2.6037,500Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Options Volume
Analyst Revision
Gap Down
VOD
Vodafone Group
3.6923 of 5 stars
$10.66
+1.0%
N/A+23.0%$26.43B$39.39B9.35104,000
FWONK
Liberty Media Corporation - Liberty Formula One Series C
1.2167 of 5 stars
$104.50
-0.7%
$101.83
-2.6%
+44.5%$26.07B$3.51B-261.256,800Positive News
FOXA
FOX
2.9813 of 5 stars
$56.04
-1.3%
$53.53
-4.5%
+64.0%$25.20B$16.11B13.9410,600Positive News
TU
TELUS
2.6916 of 5 stars
$16.06
+1.5%
$21.50
+33.9%
+7.6%$24.49B$14.88B28.18108,500Analyst Revision
FOX
FOX
2.9651 of 5 stars
$51.63
-1.4%
N/A+62.2%$23.21B$16.11B12.8410,600Trending News

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This page (NYSE:BCE) was last updated on 7/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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