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PHI vs. BCE, TLK, VIV, PARAA, LBRDK, LBRDA, RCI, ROKU, KT, and FYBR

Should you be buying PLDT stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of PLDT include BCE (BCE), Perusahaan Perseroan (Persero) PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia Tbk (TLK), Telefônica Brasil (VIV), Paramount Global (PARAA), Liberty Broadband (LBRDK), Liberty Broadband (LBRDA), Rogers Communications (RCI), Roku (ROKU), KT (KT), and Frontier Communications Parent (FYBR). These companies are all part of the "communication" industry.

PLDT vs.

PLDT (NYSE:PHI) and BCE (NYSE:BCE) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, dividends, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability and earnings.

In the previous week, BCE had 9 more articles in the media than PLDT. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for BCE and 6 mentions for PLDT. BCE's average media sentiment score of 1.07 beat PLDT's score of 0.35 indicating that BCE is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
PLDT
2 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
BCE
8 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
7 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

PLDT pays an annual dividend of $1.19 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. BCE pays an annual dividend of $1.21 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.6%. PLDT pays out 47.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. BCE pays out 465.4% 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 a consensus price target of $38.67, indicating a potential upside of 80.26%. Given BCE's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe BCE is more favorable than PLDT.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
PLDT
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
BCE
4 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

PLDT has a net margin of 12.34% compared to BCE's net margin of 0.99%. PLDT's return on equity of 22.11% beat BCE's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
PLDT12.34% 22.11% 3.94%
BCE 0.99%17.89%3.88%

BCE received 41 more outperform votes than PLDT when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.73% of users gave PLDT an outperform vote while only 55.57% of users gave BCE an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
PLDTOutperform Votes
368
60.73%
Underperform Votes
238
39.27%
BCEOutperform Votes
409
55.57%
Underperform Votes
327
44.43%

2.3% of PLDT shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.5% of BCE shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of PLDT shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of BCE shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

PLDT has a beta of 0.76, meaning that its stock price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BCE has a beta of 0.63, meaning that its stock price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500.

PLDT has higher revenue and earnings than BCE. PLDT 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
PLDT$216.83B0.02$479.05M$2.538.83
BCE$24.33B0.82$251.08M$0.2682.50

Summary

PLDT and BCE tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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PHI vs. The Competition

MetricPLDTTelephone communication, except radio IndustryComputer SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$4.83B$24.46B$25.09B$19.30B
Dividend Yield5.07%13.18%2.89%3.84%
P/E Ratio8.8315.2544.3834.53
Price / Sales0.023.472,068.5534.83
Price / Cash3.159.0234.7817.51
Price / Book2.442.816.704.69
Net Income$479.05M$1.01B$739.31M$1.02B
7 Day Performance-5.18%0.03%-0.32%-1.74%
1 Month Performance-3.04%4.88%13.46%7.50%
1 Year Performance-7.18%9.74%52,670.39%4.15%

PLDT Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PHI
PLDT
2.4773 of 5 stars
$22.35
-1.2%
N/A-7.3%$4.83B$216.83B8.8318,800Earnings Report
Analyst Downgrade
BCE
BCE
1.733 of 5 stars
$21.57
+0.0%
$38.67
+79.3%
-36.6%$20.11B$24.33B179.7544,600Positive News
TLK
Perusahaan Perseroan (Persero) PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia Tbk
N/A$17.12
+3.3%
N/A-9.0%$16.96B$149.18T11.8920,900News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Up
VIV
Telefônica Brasil
3.7107 of 5 stars
$9.75
-0.6%
$17.23
+76.8%
-45.0%$16.11B$56.69B15.4834,000News Coverage
Analyst Downgrade
PARAA
Paramount Global
1.1105 of 5 stars
$22.71
+0.8%
N/A+4.0%$15.23B$28.72B-2.7624,500
LBRDK
Liberty Broadband
2.9386 of 5 stars
$99.08
-2.2%
$80.00
-19.3%
+86.7%$14.20B$1.04B18.251,900Positive News
High Trading Volume
LBRDA
Liberty Broadband
2.6615 of 5 stars
$98.09
-2.1%
$86.20
-12.1%
+83.9%$14.06B$1.04B18.061,900News Coverage
Positive News
High Trading Volume
RCI
Rogers Communications
4.8995 of 5 stars
$25.61
+0.2%
$67.00
+161.6%
-34.0%$13.73B$20.68B11.0423,000Positive News
ROKU
Roku
3.4887 of 5 stars
$70.83
-0.8%
$87.93
+24.1%
+20.0%$10.34B$4.25B-79.583,600
KT
KT
4.3907 of 5 stars
$19.41
+0.4%
N/A+43.4%$10.01B$53.29T10.9021,800Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Downgrade
FYBR
Frontier Communications Parent
0.5331 of 5 stars
$36.70
+0.1%
$36.07
-1.7%
+38.3%$9.18B$5.92B-28.4514,700Positive News

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This page (NYSE:PHI) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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