BCE (BCE) Competitors

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

Is BCE or AMX a better dividend stock?

BCE pays an annual dividend of $1.27 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.7%. América Móvil pays an annual dividend of $0.23 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. 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. América Móvil pays out 42.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Does the media prefer BCE or AMX?

In the previous week, BCE had 9 more articles in the media than América Móvil. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for BCE and 1 mentions for América Móvil. América Móvil's average media sentiment score of 1.81 beat BCE's score of 0.34 indicating that América Móvil is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
BCE	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	2 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
América Móvil	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Do insiders and institutionals believe in BCE or AMX?

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 company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of América Móvil shares are owned by company 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.

Do analysts rate BCE or AMX?

BCE currently has a consensus price target of $38.67, indicating a potential upside of 72.83%. América Móvil has a consensus price target of $17.22, indicating a potential downside of 0.14%. Given BCE's higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly 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)	1 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.08
América Móvil	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in BCE or AMX?

América Móvil received 108 more outperform votes than BCE when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.96% of users gave América Móvil an outperform vote while only 55.63% of users gave BCE an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
BCE	Outperform Votes 410 55.63%	Underperform Votes 327 44.37%
América Móvil	Outperform Votes 518 61.96%	Underperform Votes 318 38.04%

Is BCE or AMX more profitable?

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
BCE	0.99%	17.89%	3.88%
América Móvil	3.25%	6.38%	1.62%

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, BCE or AMX?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
BCE	$24.33B	0.86	$251.08M	$0.26	86.05
América Móvil	$897.96B	0.06	$1.55B	$0.54	31.94

Which has more risk and volatility, BCE or AMX?

BCE has a beta of 0.61, suggesting that its share price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, América Móvil has a beta of 0.78, suggesting that its share price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

América Móvil beats BCE on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.