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

Should you be buying BCE stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BCE include TELUS (TU), America Movil (AMX), Chunghwa Telecom (CHT), Tencent Music Entertainment Group (TME), Telefonica (TEF), Vodafone Group (VOD), Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), Liberty Media Corporation - Liberty Formula One Series C (FWONK), FOX (FOXA), and FOX (FOX). 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 superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, dividends, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation and institutional ownership.

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

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
BCE1.82% 19.22% 3.87%
TELUS 5.78%9.11%2.67%

BCE pays an annual dividend of $1.27 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. TELUS pays an annual dividend of $1.21 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.3%. 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. 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. 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.

BCE currently has a consensus price target of $38.67, suggesting a potential upside of 62.40%. TELUS has a consensus price target of $21.50, suggesting a potential upside of 29.91%. Given BCE's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe BCE is more favorable than TELUS.

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

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$17.82B1.25$251.05M$0.2691.58
TELUS$14.88B1.70$724.69M$0.5729.04

In the previous week, TELUS had 4 more articles in the media than BCE. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for TELUS and 9 mentions for BCE. BCE's average media sentiment score of 0.18 beat TELUS's score of 0.15 indicating that BCE is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

BCE has a beta of 0.61, suggesting that its stock price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TELUS has a beta of 0.73, suggesting that its stock price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

TELUS beats BCE on 11 of the 19 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$22.30B$34.14B$16.47B$20.51B
Dividend Yield5.33%20.55%5.62%3.73%
P/E Ratio91.5825.8020.2227.90
Price / Sales1.253.1028.6540.84
Price / Cash3.7411.1019.0622.25
Price / Book2.153.522.164.59
Net Income$251.05M$1.00B$751.09M$982.91M
7 Day Performance4.20%0.08%-0.03%0.74%
1 Month Performance7.76%3.39%2.53%3.94%
1 Year Performance-24.51%31.42%17.05%14.82%

BCE Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BCE
BCE
1.6306 of 5 stars
$23.81
-0.4%
$38.67
+62.4%
-24.7%$22.30B$17.82B91.5840,390
TU
TELUS
2.6519 of 5 stars
$16.39
+0.6%
$21.50
+31.2%
+7.3%$24.99B$14.88B28.75106,800News Coverage
AMX
America Movil
2.2931 of 5 stars
$18.07
-0.1%
$16.62
-8.0%
+1.0%$54.84B$47.69B33.46178,468News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
CHT
Chunghwa Telecom
0.2791 of 5 stars
$44.68
-1.8%
N/A+22.1%$34.66B$7.16B29.9932,452Positive News
TME
Tencent Music Entertainment Group
2.4143 of 5 stars
$20.03
+2.9%
$16.60
-17.1%
+39.7%$34.37B$3.89B23.855,353Positive News
TEF
Telefonica
2.0822 of 5 stars
$5.26
-0.6%
N/A+23.1%$29.83B$44.71B-13.84100,870
VOD
Vodafone Group
4.0653 of 5 stars
$10.92
+1.3%
N/A+20.0%$27.07B$39.39B9.5892,000
WBD
Warner Bros. Discovery
1.5461 of 5 stars
$11.02
-1.8%
$12.33
+11.9%
+60.5%$27.05B$39.32B-2.5035,000Analyst Forecast
FWONK
Liberty Media Corporation - Liberty Formula One Series C
1.8944 of 5 stars
$103.07
+0.1%
$101.83
-1.2%
+36.8%$25.71B$3.32B-257.686,800Positive News
Analyst Forecast
FOXA
FOX
3.2795 of 5 stars
$54.85
-2.5%
$53.53
-2.4%
+59.6%$24.66B$13.98B13.6410,200Positive News
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FOX
FOX
3.0006 of 5 stars
$50.37
-2.7%
N/A+57.2%$22.65B$13.98B12.5310,600Trending News

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This page (NYSE:BCE) was last updated on 7/9/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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