BCE (BCE) Competitors

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

Which has more risk and volatility, TU or BCE?

TELUS has a beta of 0.73, indicating that its share price is 27% 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.

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 5.4%. TELUS pays out 212.3% 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 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. TELUS has increased its dividend for 5 consecutive years. TELUS is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Which has higher 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	1.67	$724.69M	$0.57	28.51
BCE	$17.82B	1.24	$251.05M	$0.26	91.15

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

Is TU or BCE more profitable?

TELUS has a net margin of 5.78% compared to BCE's net margin of 1.82%. BCE's return on equity of 19.22% beat TELUS's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
TELUS	5.78%	9.11%	2.67%
BCE	1.82%	19.22%	3.87%

Do analysts rate TU or BCE?

TELUS currently has a consensus price target of $21.50, indicating a potential upside of 32.31%. BCE has a consensus price target of $38.67, indicating a potential upside of 63.15%. Given BCE's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe BCE is more favorable than TELUS.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
TELUS	0 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.13
BCE	4 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.92

Does the media prefer TU or BCE?

In the previous week, TELUS had 3 more articles in the media than BCE. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for TELUS and 7 mentions for BCE. BCE's average media sentiment score of 0.80 beat TELUS's score of 0.68 indicating that BCE is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
TELUS	6 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
BCE	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

TELUS beats BCE on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.