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

Should you be buying Telefonica stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Telefonica include America Movil (AMX), Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), Tencent Music Entertainment Group (TME), Chunghwa Telecom (CHT), AST SpaceMobile (ASTS), Vodafone Group (VOD), FOX (FOXA), TELUS (TU), Liberty Media Corporation - Liberty Formula One Series C (FWONK), and FOX (FOX). 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 stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk and institutional ownership.

America Movil has a net margin of 7.87% compared to Telefonica's net margin of -5.88%. America Movil's return on equity of 16.59% beat Telefonica's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
America Movil7.87% 16.59% 4.06%
Telefonica -5.88%8.57%1.99%

America Movil pays an annual dividend of $0.51 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Telefonica pays an annual dividend of $0.25 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. America Movil pays out 41.5% 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.

In the previous week, America Movil had 15 more articles in the media than Telefonica. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for America Movil and 4 mentions for Telefonica. Telefonica's average media sentiment score of 1.53 beat America Movil's score of 0.57 indicating that Telefonica is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

America Movil has a beta of 0.88, meaning that its stock price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Telefonica has a beta of 0.49, meaning that its stock price is 51% less volatile than the S&P 500.

America Movil presently has a consensus target price of $21.13, suggesting a potential downside of 5.26%. Given America Movil's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities 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
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
Telefonica
2 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.50

6.3% of America Movil shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 1.1% of Telefonica shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of America Movil shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Telefonica shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

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$47.69B1.41$1.13B$1.2318.13
Telefonica$44.71B0.67-$53.02M-$0.48-10.99

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

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TEF vs. The Competition

MetricTelefonicaDiversified Comm Services IndustryUtilities SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$29.91B$34.99B$17.15B$21.95B
Dividend Yield4.80%11.61%4.58%3.63%
P/E Ratio-10.9914.5619.1432.69
Price / Sales0.673.1132.9788.48
Price / Cash11.7510.9419.4718.06
Price / Book1.223.742.304.70
Net Income-$53.02M$1.00B$748.50M$1.01B
7 Day Performance6.46%1.96%1.14%0.77%
1 Month Performance0.48%-1.35%9.06%0.20%
1 Year Performance10.59%12.07%48.87%10.70%

Telefonica Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
TEF
Telefonica
1.5168 of 5 stars
$5.28
+1.4%
N/A+8.9%$29.91B$44.71B-10.99100,870Positive News
AMX
America Movil
2.5089 of 5 stars
$21.34
+0.8%
$19.75
-7.5%
+31.1%$64.45B$926.22B22.70178,468Earnings Report
Upcoming Earnings
Dividend Announcement
WBD
Warner Bros. Discovery
1.7216 of 5 stars
$17.78
+4.0%
$16.61
-6.6%
+132.6%$44.02B$39.32B59.2735,000
TME
Tencent Music Entertainment Group
3.8185 of 5 stars
$23.20
+3.4%
$24.47
+5.5%
+88.1%$39.80B$30.27B25.495,353Positive News
CHT
Chunghwa Telecom
1.2254 of 5 stars
$42.95
+0.1%
N/A+13.2%$33.32B$231.91B28.0732,452Positive News
ASTS
AST SpaceMobile
1.5962 of 5 stars
$90.50
+10.3%
$45.27
-50.0%
+196.7%$32.45B$4.42M-47.88390Analyst Downgrade
Gap Up
VOD
Vodafone Group
4.7888 of 5 stars
$11.17
-1.2%
$136.00
+1,117.5%
+19.6%$26.80B$37.45B9.8092,000
FOXA
FOX
1.6326 of 5 stars
$58.10
+1.4%
$57.60
-0.9%
+36.7%$25.89B$16.30B11.8310,400
TU
TELUS
3.2734 of 5 stars
$15.23
-0.1%
$21.50
+41.2%
-6.1%$23.38B$20.42B33.11106,800Positive News
FWONK
Liberty Media Corporation - Liberty Formula One Series C
2.8582 of 5 stars
$104.03
+0.8%
$111.22
+6.9%
+23.3%$23.26B$3.87B101.996,800Positive News
FOX
FOX
2.6623 of 5 stars
$51.95
+1.1%
N/A+33.2%$23.15B$16.30B10.5810,600Trending News

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This page (NYSE:TEF) was last updated on 10/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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