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$22.22 +0.30 (+1.37%)
As of 04/30/2025 03:59 PM Eastern

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

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), TELUS (TU), Vodafone Group Public (VOD), FOX (FOXA), Formula One Group (FWONK), Tencent Music Entertainment Group (TME), FOX (FOX), and Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD). 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 superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, community ranking, risk and profitability.

BCE has a beta of 0.56, suggesting that its stock price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, América Móvil has a beta of 0.79, suggesting that its stock price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500.

América Móvil received 107 more outperform votes than BCE when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.94% of users gave América Móvil an outperform vote while only 55.65% of users gave BCE an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
BCEOutperform Votes
409
55.65%
Underperform Votes
326
44.35%
América MóvilOutperform Votes
516
61.94%
Underperform Votes
317
38.06%

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%

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$24.41B0.84$251.08M$0.12185.17
América Móvil$869.22B0.06$1.55B$0.4935.16

In the previous week, BCE had 4 more articles in the media than América Móvil. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for BCE and 11 mentions for América Móvil. América Móvil's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat BCE's score of 0.88 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
7 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
América Móvil
4 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

41.5% of BCE shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.3% of América Móvil shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of BCE shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of América Móvil shares are held 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.

BCE pays an annual dividend of $2.75 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.4%. América Móvil pays an annual dividend of $0.23 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. BCE pays out 2,291.7% 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 46.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

BCE presently has a consensus target price of $40.00, indicating a potential upside of 80.02%. América Móvil has a consensus target price of $17.22, indicating a potential downside of 0.06%. Given BCE's higher probable 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)
0 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
América Móvil
1 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67

Summary

América Móvil beats BCE on 12 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$20.48B$24.74B$15.96B$18.96B
Dividend Yield12.74%13.69%5.66%4.03%
P/E Ratio185.1715.0815.6432.71
Price / Sales0.843.6122.1327.84
Price / Cash3.659.0218.5317.53
Price / Book1.622.732.034.47
Net Income$251.08M$1.03B$667.57M$1.02B
7 Day Performance1.00%1.08%0.64%0.50%
1 Month Performance-2.61%-0.03%1.70%-2.83%
1 Year Performance-33.19%11.49%10.82%4.36%

BCE Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BCE
BCE
1.3505 of 5 stars
$22.22
+1.4%
$40.00
+80.0%
-32.4%$20.48B$24.41B185.1744,600Upcoming Earnings
AMX
América Móvil
2.304 of 5 stars
$16.07
-0.4%
$17.22
+7.2%
-9.6%$49.01B$869.22B32.80176,000Earnings Report
Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
Positive News
CHT
Chunghwa Telecom
0.3962 of 5 stars
$39.50
-1.2%
N/A+7.3%$30.64B$228.58B26.5120,300Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↑
TEF
Telefónica
1.1231 of 5 stars
$5.04
+2.6%
N/A+14.9%$28.58B$41.32B-19.38104,200Upcoming Earnings
High Trading Volume
TU
TELUS
1.3556 of 5 stars
$15.03
+0.1%
N/A-4.3%$22.76B$20.14B30.67108,500Positive News
VOD
Vodafone Group Public
4.5456 of 5 stars
$9.21
-1.1%
N/A+16.1%$21.80B$37.01B8.08104,000
FOXA
FOX
2.898 of 5 stars
$46.50
-3.1%
$50.65
+8.9%
+60.6%$21.08B$15.18B9.9610,200Positive News
FWONK
Formula One Group
2.4052 of 5 stars
$82.22
-0.7%
$95.33
+15.9%
+26.7%$20.49B$3.65B71.506,800Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
TME
Tencent Music Entertainment Group
3.7748 of 5 stars
$11.88
-3.3%
$15.00
+26.3%
+6.9%$20.39B$28.40B22.005,970Short Interest ↓
Positive News
FOX
FOX
2.9437 of 5 stars
$43.38
-2.7%
N/A+61.2%$19.67B$15.18B9.2910,600Short Interest ↑
WBD
Warner Bros. Discovery
3.7203 of 5 stars
$7.87
-3.0%
$11.76
+49.5%
+17.8%$19.32B$39.32B-1.7237,500Upcoming Earnings
Positive News

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This page (NYSE:BCE) was last updated on 5/1/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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