TEF vs. AMX, CHT, TME, VOD, WBD, FWONK, TU, FOXA, FOX, and BCE
Should you be buying Telefonica stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Telefonica include America Movil (AMX), Chunghwa Telecom (CHT), Tencent Music Entertainment Group (TME), Vodafone Group (VOD), Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), Liberty Media Corporation - Liberty Formula One Series C (FWONK), TELUS (TU), FOX (FOXA), FOX (FOX), 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 better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, risk and institutional ownership.
America Movil has a consensus target price of $16.78, suggesting a potential downside of 4.13%. Given America Movil's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe America Movil is more favorable than Telefonica.
Telefonica has a beta of 0.46, meaning that its share price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, America Movil has a beta of 0.79, meaning that its share price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
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 company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of America Movil shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Telefonica pays an annual dividend of $0.25 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. America Movil pays an annual dividend of $0.51 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Telefonica pays out -65.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. America Movil pays out 94.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Telefonica is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
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.
In the previous week, America Movil had 4 more articles in the media than Telefonica. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for America Movil and 1 mentions for Telefonica. America Movil's average media sentiment score of 0.74 beat Telefonica's score of 0.50 indicating that America Movil is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
America Movil beats Telefonica on 15 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:TEF) was last updated on 7/17/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff