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

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), FOX (FOXA), Vodafone Group (VOD), FOX (FOX), TELUS (TU), Liberty Media Corporation - Liberty Formula One Series C (FWONK), and BCE (BCE). These companies are all part of the "communication" industry.

Telefonica vs. Its Competitors

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

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
Telefonica$40.69B0.69-$53.02M-$0.48-10.29
America Movil$926.22B0.07$1.13B$0.9422.19

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

In the previous week, America Movil had 3 more articles in the media than Telefonica. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for America Movil and 5 mentions for Telefonica. America Movil's average media sentiment score of 0.44 beat Telefonica's score of -0.24 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)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
America Movil
2 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

America Movil has a consensus price target of $19.75, indicating a potential downside of 5.32%. Given America Movil's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe America Movil is more favorable than Telefonica.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Telefonica
2 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.50
America Movil
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

1.1% of Telefonica shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.3% of America Movil shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of Telefonica shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of America Movil shares are owned by company 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.

Telefonica pays an annual dividend of $0.25 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. America Movil pays an annual dividend of $0.51 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Telefonica pays out -52.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. America Movil pays out 54.3% 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
Telefonica-5.88% 8.57% 1.99%
America Movil 6.11%12.59%3.12%

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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TEF vs. The Competition

MetricTelefonicaDiversified Comm Services IndustryUtilities SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$28.41B$35.94B$16.87B$22.13B
Dividend Yield4.98%11.42%4.62%3.55%
P/E Ratio-10.2914.3556.8929.95
Price / Sales0.692.9736.4272.75
Price / Cash11.3210.9219.3418.33
Price / Book1.143.722.264.65
Net Income-$53.02M$1.00B$748.50M$1.01B
7 Day Performance-1.40%-0.74%6.38%1.21%
1 Month Performance-7.58%-1.54%8.82%3.21%
1 Year Performance4.00%12.04%118.86%14.02%

Telefonica Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
TEF
Telefonica
1.3562 of 5 stars
$4.94
-1.4%
N/A+5.4%$28.41B$40.69B-10.29100,870News Coverage
AMX
America Movil
3.3211 of 5 stars
$20.91
+0.3%
$18.77
-10.3%
+26.5%$63.16B$47.69B22.25178,468News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
WBD
Warner Bros. Discovery
2.5692 of 5 stars
$18.86
-3.3%
$14.07
-25.4%
+144.1%$46.69B$39.32B62.8735,000Analyst Forecast
TME
Tencent Music Entertainment Group
3.8838 of 5 stars
$23.71
+0.3%
$24.47
+3.2%
+69.7%$40.69B$3.89B26.055,353Positive News
CHT
Chunghwa Telecom
0.7343 of 5 stars
$43.70
-0.2%
N/A+11.5%$33.90B$7.16B28.5632,452Positive News
FOXA
FOX
1.8092 of 5 stars
$62.88
+2.8%
$57.20
-9.0%
+48.2%$28.02B$16.30B12.8110,400
VOD
Vodafone Group
4.8324 of 5 stars
$11.49
+0.4%
$136.00
+1,083.6%
+17.6%$27.70B$39.39B10.0892,000Trending News
FOX
FOX
2.3697 of 5 stars
$57.00
+3.1%
N/A+44.7%$25.40B$16.30B11.6110,600Trending News
TU
TELUS
3.4582 of 5 stars
$15.74
+0.4%
$21.50
+36.6%
-3.8%$24.15B$14.88B34.21106,800Analyst Revision
FWONK
Liberty Media Corporation - Liberty Formula One Series C
2.7192 of 5 stars
$104.28
-0.6%
$111.22
+6.7%
+35.9%$23.32B$3.32B102.246,800Positive News
Analyst Downgrade
BCE
BCE
3.1769 of 5 stars
$23.27
+0.7%
$32.50
+39.7%
-30.7%$21.70B$17.82B80.2340,390News Coverage
Analyst Revision

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