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

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

BCE vs. Its Competitors

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

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
BCE1.96% 18.89% 3.74%
TELUS 4.67%9.10%2.59%

BCE has a beta of 0.63, suggesting that its stock price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TELUS has a beta of 0.71, suggesting that its stock price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500.

41.5% of BCE shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 49.4% of TELUS shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of BCE shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of TELUS shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

TELUS has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
BCE$17.82B1.27$251.05M$0.2983.72
TELUS$14.88B1.58$724.69M$0.4633.37

In the previous week, BCE had 14 more articles in the media than TELUS. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for BCE and 9 mentions for TELUS. TELUS's average media sentiment score of 1.37 beat BCE's score of 0.66 indicating that TELUS is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
BCE
8 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
8 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
TELUS
7 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

BCE presently has a consensus price target of $33.50, indicating a potential upside of 37.97%. TELUS has a consensus price target of $21.50, indicating a potential upside of 40.07%. Given TELUS's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe TELUS is more favorable than BCE.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
BCE
5 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.07
TELUS
0 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.13

BCE pays an annual dividend of $1.27 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. TELUS pays an annual dividend of $1.21 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.9%. 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 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. 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 12 of the 20 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$22.09B$34.85B$16.96B$21.74B
Dividend Yield5.38%11.64%4.59%3.62%
P/E Ratio83.7314.6958.1532.40
Price / Sales1.273.3032.3458.79
Price / Cash3.7010.8819.3324.37
Price / Book2.203.742.294.59
Net Income$251.05M$1.00B$748.50M$1.01B
7 Day Performance1.63%2.18%1.33%1.32%
1 Month Performance5.04%-1.60%8.86%-1.45%
1 Year Performance-27.61%11.89%55.03%9.54%

BCE Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BCE
BCE
3.3451 of 5 stars
$24.28
+2.5%
$33.50
+38.0%
-27.5%$22.09B$17.82B83.7340,390Analyst Upgrade
Analyst Revision
TU
TELUS
3.5391 of 5 stars
$15.23
-0.1%
$21.50
+41.2%
-6.1%$23.38B$20.42B33.11106,800Positive News
AMX
America Movil
2.5174 of 5 stars
$21.34
+0.8%
$19.75
-7.5%
+32.3%$64.45B$926.22B22.70178,468News Coverage
Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
WBD
Warner Bros. Discovery
2.0113 of 5 stars
$17.78
+4.0%
$16.61
-6.6%
+133.8%$44.02B$39.32B59.2735,000Trending News
Analyst Forecast
TME
Tencent Music Entertainment Group
3.8515 of 5 stars
$23.20
+3.4%
$24.47
+5.5%
+92.0%$39.80B$30.27B25.495,353Positive News
CHT
Chunghwa Telecom
1.5913 of 5 stars
$42.95
+0.1%
N/A+14.3%$33.32B$231.91B28.0732,452News Coverage
Positive News
ASTS
AST SpaceMobile
1.5738 of 5 stars
$90.50
+10.3%
$45.27
-50.0%
+193.1%$32.45B$4.42M-47.88390Trending News
Analyst Downgrade
Gap Down
TEF
Telefonica
1.4538 of 5 stars
$4.96
-0.9%
N/A+7.6%$28.10B$40.69B-10.32100,870
VOD
Vodafone Group
4.7584 of 5 stars
$11.17
-1.2%
$136.00
+1,117.5%
+19.9%$26.80B$37.45B9.8092,000
FOXA
FOX
1.7919 of 5 stars
$58.10
+1.4%
$57.60
-0.9%
+36.4%$25.89B$16.30B11.8310,400
FWONK
Liberty Media Corporation - Liberty Formula One Series C
3.1798 of 5 stars
$104.03
+0.8%
$111.22
+6.9%
+24.0%$23.26B$3.87B101.996,800Positive News
Analyst Forecast

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This page (NYSE:BCE) was last updated on 10/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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