AT&T (NYSE:T) Vs. VZ, AMX, BCE, ORAN, TEF, TLK, LSXMA, LUMN, VIV, and LSXMK
Should you be buying AT&T stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of AT&T include Verizon Communications (VZ), América Móvil (AMX), BCE (BCE), Orange (ORAN), Telefónica (TEF), Perusahaan Perseroan (Persero) PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia Tbk (TLK), The Liberty SiriusXM Group (LSXMA), Lumen Technologies (LUMN), Telefônica Brasil (VIV), and The Liberty SiriusXM Group (LSXMK). These companies are all part of the "integrated telecommunication services" industry.These companies are all part of the "telephone communication, except radio" industry.
AT&T vs.
AT&T (NYSE:T) and América Móvil (NYSE:AMX) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, media sentiment, community ranking and earnings.
AT&T has a beta of 0.78, suggesting that its stock price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, América Móvil has a beta of 0.75, suggesting that its stock price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500.
América Móvil has a net margin of 9.99% compared to AT&T's net margin of -1.11%. América Móvil's return on equity of 34.73% beat AT&T's return on equity.
AT&T currently has a consensus target price of $30.42, suggesting a potential upside of 19.33%. América Móvil has a consensus target price of $19.67, suggesting a potential upside of 13.94%. Given AT&T's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe AT&T is more favorable than América Móvil.
América Móvil has lower revenue, but higher earnings than AT&T. AT&T is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than América Móvil, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
51.6% of AT&T shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.3% of América Móvil shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of AT&T shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of América Móvil shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, AT&T had 28 more articles in the media than América Móvil. MarketBeat recorded 35 mentions for AT&T and 7 mentions for América Móvil. AT&T's average media sentiment score of 0.46 beat América Móvil's score of -0.19 indicating that AT&T is being referred to more favorably in the media.
AT&T pays an annual dividend of $2.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.2%. América Móvil pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. AT&T pays out 65.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. América Móvil pays out 65.6% 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. AT&T is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
AT&T received 936 more outperform votes than América Móvil when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.92% of users gave AT&T an outperform vote while only 60.75% of users gave América Móvil an outperform vote.
Summary
AT&T beats América Móvil on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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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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