BCE vs. TEF, VIV, ED, PEG, CHT, XEL, EIX, EXC, WEC, and TU
Should you be buying BCE stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BCE include Telefónica (TEF), Telefônica Brasil (VIV), Consolidated Edison (ED), Public Service Enterprise Group (PEG), Chunghwa Telecom (CHT), Xcel Energy (XEL), Edison International (EIX), Exelon (EXC), WEC Energy Group (WEC), and TELUS (TU). These companies are all part of the "utilities" sector.
BCE (NYSE:BCE) and Telefónica (NYSE:TEF) are both large-cap utilities companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment, profitability, earnings, risk and community ranking.
In the previous week, BCE had 5 more articles in the media than Telefónica. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for BCE and 10 mentions for Telefónica. BCE's average media sentiment score of 0.24 beat Telefónica's score of -0.01 indicating that BCE is being referred to more favorably in the media.
BCE has a beta of 0.56, suggesting that its share price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Telefónica has a beta of 0.69, suggesting that its share price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500.
41.5% of BCE shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 1.1% of Telefónica shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of BCE shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Telefónica shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
BCE presently has a consensus target price of $51.00, indicating a potential upside of 48.69%. Given BCE's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe BCE is more favorable than Telefónica.
BCE has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Telefónica. Telefónica is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BCE, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
BCE pays an annual dividend of $2.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.6%. Telefónica pays an annual dividend of $0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.4%. BCE pays out 175.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Telefónica pays out -114.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Telefónica received 186 more outperform votes than BCE when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.76% of users gave Telefónica an outperform vote while only 56.70% of users gave BCE an outperform vote.
BCE has a net margin of 8.82% compared to Telefónica's net margin of -2.16%. BCE's return on equity of 17.13% beat Telefónica's return on equity.
Summary
BCE beats Telefónica on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
Get BCE News Delivered to You Automatically
Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for BCE and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter.
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.
Skip ChartThis 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.
Skip Chart
Related Companies and Tools