PLDT (PHI) Competitors

PLDT (NYSE:PHI) and BCE (NYSE:BCE) are both computer and technology 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.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in PHI or BCE?

BCE received 43 more outperform votes than PLDT when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.60% of users gave PLDT an outperform vote while only 55.65% of users gave BCE an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
PLDT	Outperform Votes 366 60.60%	Underperform Votes 238 39.40%
BCE	Outperform Votes 409 55.65%	Underperform Votes 326 44.35%

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of PHI or BCE?

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 insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of BCE 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.

Do analysts recommend PHI or BCE?

BCE has a consensus target price of $40.00, indicating a potential upside of 86.70%. Given BCE's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly 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

Is PHI or BCE more profitable?

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
PLDT	12.34%	22.11%	3.94%
BCE	0.99%	17.89%	3.88%

Which has better earnings and valuation, PHI or BCE?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
PLDT	$216.83B	0.02	$479.05M	$2.62	8.92
BCE	$24.41B	0.81	$251.08M	$0.12	178.54

Is PHI or BCE a better dividend stock?

PLDT pays an annual dividend of $1.19 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. BCE pays an annual dividend of $2.75 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.8%. PLDT pays out 45.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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.

Does the media favor PHI or BCE?

In the previous week, BCE had 6 more articles in the media than PLDT. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for BCE and 2 mentions for PLDT. BCE's average media sentiment score of 0.83 beat PLDT's score of 0.68 indicating that BCE is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

Which has more risk and volatility, PHI or BCE?

PLDT has a beta of 0.86, suggesting that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BCE has a beta of 0.56, suggesting that its stock price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

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