PHI vs. VIV, RCI, TLK, PARAA, ASTS, LBRDK, LBRDA, ROKU, KT, and TIMB
Should you be buying PLDT stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of PLDT include Telefonica Brasil (VIV), Rogers Communication (RCI), PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia, Tbk (TLK), Paramount Global (PARAA), AST SpaceMobile (ASTS), Liberty Broadband (LBRDK), Liberty Broadband (LBRDA), Roku (ROKU), KT (KT), and TIM (TIMB). These companies are all part of the "communication" industry.
PLDT vs. Its Competitors
PLDT (NYSE:PHI) and Telefonica Brasil (NYSE:VIV) are both communication companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, risk, media sentiment and profitability.
Telefonica Brasil has a consensus price target of $17.23, suggesting a potential upside of 49.47%. Given Telefonica Brasil's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Telefonica Brasil is more favorable than PLDT.
PLDT has a net margin of 14.48% compared to Telefonica Brasil's net margin of 10.07%. PLDT's return on equity of 29.66% beat Telefonica Brasil's return on equity.
PLDT has a beta of 0.72, meaning that its share price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Telefonica Brasil has a beta of 0.75, meaning that its share price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, PLDT had 1 more articles in the media than Telefonica Brasil. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for PLDT and 2 mentions for Telefonica Brasil. PLDT's average media sentiment score of 0.68 beat Telefonica Brasil's score of -0.23 indicating that PLDT is being referred to more favorably in the media.
PLDT pays an annual dividend of $1.19 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.5%. Telefonica Brasil pays an annual dividend of $0.23 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. PLDT pays out 47.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Telefonica Brasil pays out 37.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
2.3% of PLDT shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 5.2% of Telefonica Brasil shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of PLDT shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Telefonica Brasil has higher revenue and earnings than PLDT. PLDT is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Telefonica Brasil, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Telefonica Brasil beats PLDT on 10 of the 18 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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This page (NYSE:PHI) was last updated on 7/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
