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PHI vs. ROKU, TIMB, KT, FYBR, SKM, LLYVK, LBRDK, LBRDA, LLYVA, 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), SK Telecom (SKM), Liberty Media Corporation - Liberty Live Series C (LLYVK), Liberty Broadband (LBRDK), Liberty Broadband (LBRDA), Liberty Media Corporation - Liberty Live Series A (LLYVA), and Millicom International Cellular (TIGO). These companies are all part of the "communication" industry.

PLDT vs. Its Competitors

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

PLDT has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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
PLDT$3.79B1.09$565.37M$2.597.37
Roku$4.11B3.45-$129.39M-$0.42-229.26

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

Roku has a consensus target price of $101.33, indicating a potential upside of 5.24%. Given Roku's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Roku is more favorable than PLDT.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
PLDT
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Roku
2 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
17 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.68

2.3% of PLDT shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.3% of Roku shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of PLDT shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 14.0% of Roku shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

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
PLDT14.67% 28.96% 5.44%
Roku -1.40%-2.44%-1.44%

In the previous week, Roku had 27 more articles in the media than PLDT. MarketBeat recorded 29 mentions for Roku and 2 mentions for PLDT. Roku's average media sentiment score of 0.79 beat PLDT's score of 0.00 indicating that Roku 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)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Roku
13 Very Positive mention(s)
5 Positive mention(s)
9 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Roku beats PLDT on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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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$21.24B$33.67B$22.11B
Dividend Yield6.43%3.61%3.18%3.55%
P/E Ratio7.3711.84105.6633.37
Price / Sales1.091.431,290.8983.37
Price / Cash2.496.2238.6124.64
Price / Book2.032.467.624.66
Net Income$565.37M$795.54M$820.47M$1.02B
7 Day Performance0.87%-0.37%2.47%2.22%
1 Month Performance0.84%3.67%3.63%2.07%
1 Year Performance-23.47%40.71%24,146.25%14.05%

PLDT Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PHI
PLDT
1.7481 of 5 stars
$19.08
+0.2%
N/A-24.2%$4.11B$3.79B7.3714,904News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
ROKU
Roku
2.7798 of 5 stars
$96.28
+2.2%
$101.33
+5.2%
+30.1%$13.88B$4.11B-229.243,340Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
TIMB
TIM
4.4506 of 5 stars
$22.20
+1.7%
$21.50
-3.2%
+49.2%$10.57B$4.72B17.219,127News Coverage
KT
KT
3.8227 of 5 stars
$19.25
+1.3%
N/A+18.5%$9.80B$19.37B14.2616,927Analyst Forecast
FYBR
Frontier Communications Parent
0.3259 of 5 stars
$37.57
+0.1%
N/A+3.8%$9.39B$5.94B-24.2413,000News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
SKM
SK Telecom
1.2461 of 5 stars
$21.51
-0.2%
N/A-9.9%$8.48B$17.84T11.0324,224Analyst Forecast
LLYVK
Liberty Media Corporation - Liberty Live Series C
1.0123 of 5 stars
$92.71
+1.5%
N/A+61.5%$8.40BN/A-29.716,800News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
LBRDK
Liberty Broadband
4.07 of 5 stars
$58.00
-0.6%
N/A-30.4%$8.37B$1.02B7.651,900Positive News
LBRDA
Liberty Broadband
4.17 of 5 stars
$57.79
-0.5%
$100.67
+74.2%
-30.2%$8.33B$1.02B7.621,900Positive News
LLYVA
Liberty Media Corporation - Liberty Live Series A
N/A$89.92
+1.6%
N/A+62.0%$8.13BN/A-28.826,800News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
TIGO
Millicom International Cellular
3.1083 of 5 stars
$47.16
-0.2%
$42.02
-10.9%
+68.0%$8.13B$5.80B8.3214,000Positive News
Analyst Forecast

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