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.
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.
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.
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.
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 10/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
