TEF vs. AMX, TME, CHT, WBD, VOD, FOXA, TU, BCE, FOX, and FWONK
Should you be buying Telefonica stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Telefonica include America Movil (AMX), Tencent Music Entertainment Group (TME), Chunghwa Telecom (CHT), Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), Vodafone Group (VOD), FOX (FOXA), TELUS (TU), BCE (BCE), FOX (FOX), and Liberty Media Corporation - Liberty Formula One Series C (FWONK). These companies are all part of the "communication" industry.
Telefonica vs. Its Competitors
America Movil (NYSE:AMX) and Telefonica (NYSE:TEF) are both large-cap communication companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, media sentiment, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, risk and analyst recommendations.
America Movil has a beta of 0.8, meaning that its stock price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Telefonica has a beta of 0.51, meaning that its stock price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500.
America Movil presently has a consensus price target of $18.12, suggesting a potential downside of 8.37%. Given America Movil's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe America Movil is more favorable than Telefonica.
America Movil has higher revenue and earnings than Telefonica. Telefonica is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than America Movil, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Telefonica had 5 more articles in the media than America Movil. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Telefonica and 3 mentions for America Movil. America Movil's average media sentiment score of 1.22 beat Telefonica's score of 0.32 indicating that America Movil is being referred to more favorably in the media.
America Movil pays an annual dividend of $0.51 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Telefonica pays an annual dividend of $0.25 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. America Movil pays out 54.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Telefonica pays out -52.1% 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. Telefonica is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
6.3% of America Movil shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 1.1% of Telefonica shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of America Movil shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Telefonica shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
America Movil has a net margin of 6.11% compared to Telefonica's net margin of -5.88%. America Movil's return on equity of 12.59% beat Telefonica's return on equity.
Summary
America Movil beats Telefonica on 16 of the 19 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:TEF) was last updated on 8/27/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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