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TEF vs. AMX, TME, CHT, WBD, VOD, FWONK, FOXA, TU, FOX, and BCE

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), Liberty Media Corporation - Liberty Formula One Series C (FWONK), FOX (FOXA), TELUS (TU), FOX (FOX), and BCE (BCE). 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 superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings and risk.

America Movil currently has a consensus price target of $16.92, suggesting a potential downside of 6.80%. Given America Movil's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe America Movil is more favorable than Telefonica.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
America Movil
1 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
Telefonica
1 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.80

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 company insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Telefonica shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

America Movil has a beta of 0.8, suggesting that its share price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Telefonica has a beta of 0.51, suggesting that its share price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500.

America Movil pays an annual dividend of $0.51 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Telefonica pays an annual dividend of $0.25 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. 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.

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
America Movil6.11% 12.59% 3.12%
Telefonica -5.88%8.57%1.99%

In the previous week, America Movil had 1 more articles in the media than Telefonica. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for America Movil and 1 mentions for Telefonica. America Movil's average media sentiment score of 1.07 beat Telefonica's score of -0.14 indicating that America Movil is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
America Movil
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Telefonica
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
America Movil$47.69B1.16$1.13B$0.9419.31
Telefonica$40.69B0.75-$53.02M-$0.48-11.26

Summary

America Movil beats Telefonica on 17 of the 19 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 TEF 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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TEF vs. The Competition

MetricTelefonicaDiversified Comm Services IndustryUtilities SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$29.83B$35.28B$16.92B$20.65B
Dividend Yield4.71%18.83%5.46%3.66%
P/E Ratio-11.2627.1320.0129.27
Price / Sales0.752.93176.8062.32
Price / Cash11.8911.2119.0623.31
Price / Book1.293.262.124.37
Net Income-$53.02M$1.00B$751.46M$996.36M
7 Day Performance5.26%0.56%2.92%0.59%
1 Month Performance2.76%2.68%17.00%0.23%
1 Year Performance23.97%20.14%131.24%16.71%

Telefonica Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
TEF
Telefonica
0.9891 of 5 stars
$5.41
+2.8%
N/A+23.4%$29.83B$40.69B-11.26100,870
AMX
America Movil
2.9137 of 5 stars
$18.18
-1.6%
$16.78
-7.7%
+11.5%$55.16B$897.96B19.34178,468Positive News
TME
Tencent Music Entertainment Group
2.678 of 5 stars
$21.60
+1.4%
$16.60
-23.1%
+64.0%$37.07B$3.89B25.715,353Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Gap Up
CHT
Chunghwa Telecom
1.1673 of 5 stars
$43.43
-0.6%
N/A+19.4%$33.69B$229.33B29.1532,452
WBD
Warner Bros. Discovery
1.9841 of 5 stars
$13.70
+1.6%
$12.41
-9.4%
+69.0%$33.63B$39.32B-3.1135,000Analyst Forecast
High Trading Volume
VOD
Vodafone Group
4.4723 of 5 stars
$11.16
-2.4%
N/A+26.4%$29.24B$39.39B9.7992,000
FWONK
Liberty Media Corporation - Liberty Formula One Series C
2.0253 of 5 stars
$102.32
-0.4%
$107.25
+4.8%
+30.3%$25.52B$3.51B-255.806,800Positive News
Analyst Forecast
FOXA
FOX
2.6286 of 5 stars
$56.40
-0.5%
$53.53
-5.1%
+39.7%$25.36B$16.11B14.0310,200Trending News
Earnings Report
Dividend Increase
Analyst Forecast
TU
TELUS
2.9959 of 5 stars
$16.24
-1.3%
$21.50
+32.4%
-2.7%$24.77B$14.88B28.49106,800Earnings Report
Dividend Increase
Analyst Revision
FOX
FOX
3.7878 of 5 stars
$51.92
-0.4%
N/A+36.8%$23.34B$16.11B12.9210,600Trending News
Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
BCE
BCE
2.6176 of 5 stars
$23.86
-1.4%
$38.67
+62.1%
-33.6%$22.25B$17.82B91.7740,390Analyst Upgrade
Analyst Revision

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This page (NYSE:TEF) was last updated on 8/7/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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