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PHI vs. ROKU, TIMB, KT, FYBR, LBRDK, LBRDA, LLYVK, LLYVA, SKM, and TIGO

Should you be buying PLDT stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of PLDT include Roku (ROKU), TIM (TIMB), KT (KT), Frontier Communications Parent (FYBR), Liberty Broadband (LBRDK), Liberty Broadband (LBRDA), Liberty Media Corporation - Liberty Live Series C (LLYVK), Liberty Media Corporation - Liberty Live Series A (LLYVA), SK Telecom (SKM), and Millicom International Cellular (TIGO). These companies are all part of the "communication" industry.

PLDT vs. Its Competitors

Roku (NASDAQ:ROKU) and PLDT (NYSE:PHI) are both communication companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends and profitability.

In the previous week, Roku had 24 more articles in the media than PLDT. MarketBeat recorded 28 mentions for Roku and 4 mentions for PLDT. Roku's average media sentiment score of 0.37 beat PLDT's score of 0.12 indicating that Roku is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Roku
7 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
12 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
PLDT
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Roku has a beta of 2.13, meaning that its stock price is 113% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PLDT has a beta of 0.62, meaning that its stock price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500.

PLDT has a net margin of 14.67% compared to Roku's net margin of -1.40%. PLDT's return on equity of 28.96% beat Roku's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Roku-1.40% -2.44% -1.44%
PLDT 14.67%28.96%5.44%

PLDT has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Roku. Roku is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than PLDT, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Roku$4.11B3.72-$129.39M-$0.42-247.26
PLDT$3.79B1.08$565.37M$2.597.34

86.3% of Roku shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 2.3% of PLDT shares are held by institutional investors. 14.0% of Roku shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of PLDT shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Roku presently has a consensus target price of $101.33, suggesting a potential downside of 2.42%. Given Roku's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Roku is more favorable than PLDT.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Roku
2 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
17 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.68
PLDT
1 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.67

Summary

Roku beats PLDT on 11 of the 17 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 PHI 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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PHI vs. The Competition

MetricPLDTWireless Non IndustryComputer SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$4.11B$19.45B$32.77B$21.82B
Dividend Yield6.44%3.66%3.17%3.54%
P/E Ratio7.3412.71509.1829.82
Price / Sales1.081.59183,660.8367.55
Price / Cash2.495.9837.4224.90
Price / Book2.022.447.414.60
Net Income$565.37M$795.54M$816.64M$1.00B
7 Day Performance-0.16%-0.36%3.28%2.07%
1 Month Performance-2.59%3.01%10.17%3.33%
1 Year Performance-31.06%32.84%24,266.10%13.11%

PLDT Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PHI
PLDT
3.305 of 5 stars
$19.02
+1.8%
N/A-31.1%$4.11B$3.79B7.3414,904Short Interest ↓
ROKU
Roku
1.9499 of 5 stars
$100.08
+0.5%
$101.33
+1.3%
+36.8%$14.67B$4.11B-238.293,340Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
TIMB
TIM
4.6098 of 5 stars
$21.98
+2.2%
$21.25
-3.3%
+35.6%$10.42B$4.72B17.049,127News Coverage
Short Interest ↓
KT
KT
4.2031 of 5 stars
$19.47
+0.8%
N/A+31.2%$9.96B$27.45T14.4216,927Trending News
Analyst Downgrade
FYBR
Frontier Communications Parent
0.8019 of 5 stars
$37.34
-0.1%
$38.50
+3.1%
+5.8%$9.35B$5.94B-24.0913,000Positive News
Short Interest ↓
LBRDK
Liberty Broadband
3.2005 of 5 stars
$63.51
+1.0%
N/A-17.2%$9.02B$1.05B8.381,900Positive News
LBRDA
Liberty Broadband
4.3624 of 5 stars
$63.30
+1.1%
$100.67
+59.0%
-17.1%$8.99B$1.02B8.351,900Positive News
LLYVK
Liberty Media Corporation - Liberty Live Series C
0.8688 of 5 stars
$96.66
+0.1%
N/A+74.5%$8.87BN/A-30.986,800
LLYVA
Liberty Media Corporation - Liberty Live Series A
0.5215 of 5 stars
$94.18
+0.4%
N/A+74.7%$8.62BN/A-30.196,800
SKM
SK Telecom
2.5408 of 5 stars
$21.68
+0.5%
N/A-6.9%$8.50B$17.84T11.1224,224News Coverage
Positive News
TIGO
Millicom International Cellular
3.8398 of 5 stars
$48.11
-0.2%
$42.02
-12.7%
+80.5%$8.30B$5.80B8.4914,000Positive News
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