Telefónica (TEF) Competitors

Telefónica (NYSE:TEF) and América Móvil (NYSE:AMX) are both large-cap utilities companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, earnings, valuation, risk and media sentiment.

Is TEF or AMX more profitable?

América Móvil has a net margin of 3.25% compared to Telefónica's net margin of -2.84%. Telefónica's return on equity of 10.10% beat América Móvil's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Telefónica	-2.84%	10.10%	2.54%
América Móvil	3.25%	6.38%	1.62%

Which has more risk and volatility, TEF or AMX?

Telefónica has a beta of 0.46, suggesting that its share price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, América Móvil has a beta of 0.82, suggesting that its share price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, TEF or AMX?

América Móvil has higher revenue and earnings than Telefónica. Telefónica is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than América Móvil, 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
Telefónica	$41.04B	0.70	-$965.41M	-$0.38	-13.37
América Móvil	$897.96B	0.06	$1.55B	$0.54	32.54

Do analysts prefer TEF or AMX?

América Móvil has a consensus target price of $17.22, indicating a potential downside of 1.99%. Given América Móvil's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe América Móvil is more favorable than Telefónica.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Telefónica	2 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.71
América Móvil	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Do insiders and institutionals believe in TEF or AMX?

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

Does the MarketBeat Community favor TEF or AMX?

Telefónica received 82 more outperform votes than América Móvil when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.99% of users gave América Móvil an outperform vote while only 57.21% of users gave Telefónica an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Telefónica	Outperform Votes 599 57.21%	Underperform Votes 448 42.79%
América Móvil	Outperform Votes 517 61.99%	Underperform Votes 317 38.01%

Does the media refer more to TEF or AMX?

In the previous week, Telefónica had 10 more articles in the media than América Móvil. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Telefónica and 6 mentions for América Móvil. América Móvil's average media sentiment score of 1.17 beat Telefónica's score of 0.36 indicating that América Móvil is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Telefónica	6 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
América Móvil	5 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 a better dividend stock?

Telefónica pays an annual dividend of $0.22 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. América Móvil pays an annual dividend of $0.23 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Telefónica pays out -57.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. América Móvil pays out 42.6% 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. Telefónica is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

América Móvil beats Telefónica on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.