Telefonica (TEF) Competitors

Telefonica (NYSE:TEF) and America Movil (NYSE:AMX) are both large-cap communication companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation and risk.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of TEF or AMX?

1.1% of Telefonica shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.3% of America Movil shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of Telefonica shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of America Movil shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, TEF or AMX?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Telefonica	$44.71B	0.67	-$53.02M	-$0.38	-13.92
America Movil	$47.69B	1.17	$1.13B	$0.54	34.06

Do analysts rate TEF or AMX?

America Movil has a consensus price target of $16.62, suggesting a potential downside of 9.62%. Given America Movil's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe America Movil is more favorable than Telefonica.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Telefonica	1 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.86
America Movil	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Which has more risk & volatility, TEF or AMX?

Telefonica has a beta of 0.46, indicating that its stock price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, America Movil has a beta of 0.79, indicating that its stock price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is TEF or AMX a better dividend stock?

Telefonica pays an annual dividend of $0.25 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. America Movil pays an annual dividend of $0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Telefonica pays out -65.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. America Movil pays out 44.4% 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.

Does the media refer more to TEF or AMX?

In the previous week, Telefonica had 2 more articles in the media than America Movil. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Telefonica and 4 mentions for America Movil. America Movil's average media sentiment score of 0.80 beat Telefonica's score of 0.25 indicating that America Movil is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

Is TEF or AMX more profitable?

America Movil has a net margin of 3.55% compared to Telefonica's net margin of -4.52%. Telefonica's return on equity of 9.30% beat America Movil's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Telefonica	-4.52%	9.30%	2.21%
America Movil	3.55%	7.19%	1.79%

Summary

America Movil beats Telefonica on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.