BCE (NYSE:BCE) Vs. T, AMX, ORAN, TLK, TEF, LSXMA, VIV, LUMN, LSXMK, and OIBR.C
Should you be buying BCE stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BCE include AT&T (T), América Móvil (AMX), Orange (ORAN), Perusahaan Perseroan (Persero) PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia Tbk (TLK), Telefónica (TEF), The Liberty SiriusXM Group (LSXMA), Telefônica Brasil (VIV), Lumen Technologies (LUMN), The Liberty SiriusXM Group (LSXMK), and OI (OIBR.C). These companies are all part of the "telephone communication, except radio" industry.
BCE vs.
América Móvil (NYSE:AMX) and BCE (NYSE:BCE) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, community ranking, earnings, valuation and profitability.
In the previous week, BCE had 6 more articles in the media than América Móvil. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for BCE and 1 mentions for América Móvil. BCE's average media sentiment score of 0.27 beat América Móvil's score of 0.00 indicating that BCE is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
6.2% of América Móvil shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.9% of BCE shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of América Móvil 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.
América Móvil pays an annual dividend of $0.39 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. BCE pays an annual dividend of $2.77 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. América Móvil pays out 26.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. BCE pays out 107.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. BCE has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. BCE is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
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.
América Móvil has a beta of 0.82, indicating that its stock price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BCE has a beta of 0.46, indicating that its stock price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500.
América Móvil received 41 more outperform votes than BCE when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.66% of users gave América Móvil an outperform vote while only 60.24% of users gave BCE an outperform vote.
América Móvil presently has a consensus price target of $19.67, suggesting a potential upside of 5.68%. BCE has a consensus price target of $63.25, suggesting a potential upside of 20.91%. Given BCE's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe BCE is more favorable than América Móvil.
BCE has a net margin of 13.13% compared to América Móvil's net margin of 9.69%. América Móvil's return on equity of 31.10% beat BCE's return on equity.
Summary
BCE beats América Móvil on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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.
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.
BCE (NYSE:BCE) vs. Its Competitors
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