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$21.88 +0.49 (+2.27%)
Closing price 10/17/2025 03:59 PM Eastern
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TIMB vs. TME, CHT, ASTS, TEF, VOD, FOXA, TU, FWONK, FOX, and BCE

Should you be buying TIM stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of TIM include Tencent Music Entertainment Group (TME), Chunghwa Telecom (CHT), AST SpaceMobile (ASTS), Telefonica (TEF), Vodafone Group (VOD), FOX (FOXA), TELUS (TU), Liberty Media Corporation - Liberty Formula One Series C (FWONK), FOX (FOX), and BCE (BCE). These companies are all part of the "communication" industry.

TIM vs. Its Competitors

TIM (NYSE:TIMB) and Tencent Music Entertainment Group (NYSE:TME) are both large-cap communication companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, dividends, earnings, media sentiment and valuation.

In the previous week, Tencent Music Entertainment Group had 8 more articles in the media than TIM. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Tencent Music Entertainment Group and 7 mentions for TIM. Tencent Music Entertainment Group's average media sentiment score of 1.30 beat TIM's score of 0.94 indicating that Tencent Music Entertainment Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
TIM
2 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Tencent Music Entertainment Group
11 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Tencent Music Entertainment Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than TIM. TIM is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Tencent Music Entertainment Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
TIM$4.72B2.24$584.73M$1.2916.96
Tencent Music Entertainment Group$3.89B9.86$924.18M$0.9124.56

TIM presently has a consensus target price of $21.50, suggesting a potential downside of 1.72%. Tencent Music Entertainment Group has a consensus target price of $24.47, suggesting a potential upside of 9.49%. Given Tencent Music Entertainment Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Tencent Music Entertainment Group is more favorable than TIM.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
TIM
0 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
Tencent Music Entertainment Group
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
10 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

TIM has a beta of 0.65, indicating that its share price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tencent Music Entertainment Group has a beta of 0.51, indicating that its share price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500.

24.3% of Tencent Music Entertainment Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

TIM pays an annual dividend of $0.93 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Tencent Music Entertainment Group pays an annual dividend of $0.17 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. TIM pays out 72.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Tencent Music Entertainment Group pays out 18.7% 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.

Tencent Music Entertainment Group has a net margin of 33.72% compared to TIM's net margin of 13.91%. TIM's return on equity of 13.99% beat Tencent Music Entertainment Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
TIM13.91% 13.99% 6.37%
Tencent Music Entertainment Group 33.72%10.75%8.39%

Summary

Tencent Music Entertainment Group beats TIM on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding TIMB and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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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TIMB vs. The Competition

MetricTIMWireless Non IndustryComputer SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$10.59B$19.92B$32.72B$21.77B
Dividend Yield4.26%3.74%3.22%3.62%
P/E Ratio16.9612.67479.2832.43
Price / Sales2.241.411,480.8481.20
Price / Cash5.606.1634.6818.06
Price / Book2.162.447.424.59
Net Income$584.73M$795.54M$820.47M$1.01B
7 Day Performance5.43%2.83%-1.17%-0.34%
1 Month Performance0.76%2.40%1.03%-0.90%
1 Year Performance41.87%37.55%24,183.57%9.51%

TIM Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
TIMB
TIM
4.5484 of 5 stars
$21.88
+2.3%
$21.50
-1.7%
+41.9%$10.59B$4.72B16.969,127
TME
Tencent Music Entertainment Group
3.8572 of 5 stars
$23.20
+3.4%
$24.47
+5.5%
+88.1%$38.49B$3.89B25.495,353Positive News
CHT
Chunghwa Telecom
1.593 of 5 stars
$42.95
+0.1%
N/A+13.2%$33.30B$7.16B28.0732,452Positive News
ASTS
AST SpaceMobile
1.5752 of 5 stars
$90.50
+10.3%
$45.27
-50.0%
+196.7%$29.41B$4.42M-47.88390Trending News
Analyst Downgrade
Gap Down
TEF
Telefonica
1.4924 of 5 stars
$4.96
-0.9%
N/A+8.9%$28.35B$44.71B-10.32100,870
VOD
Vodafone Group
4.7552 of 5 stars
$11.17
-1.2%
$136.00
+1,117.5%
+19.6%$27.11B$39.39B9.8092,000
FOXA
FOX
1.6115 of 5 stars
$58.10
+1.4%
$57.60
-0.9%
+36.7%$25.52B$16.30B11.8310,400
TU
TELUS
3.3008 of 5 stars
$15.23
-0.1%
$21.50
+41.2%
-6.1%$23.39B$14.88B33.11106,800Positive News
FWONK
Liberty Media Corporation - Liberty Formula One Series C
3.1788 of 5 stars
$104.03
+0.8%
$111.22
+6.9%
+23.3%$23.08B$3.32B101.996,800Positive News
FOX
FOX
2.6448 of 5 stars
$51.95
+1.1%
N/A+33.2%$22.90B$16.30B10.5810,600Trending News
BCE
BCE
3.3115 of 5 stars
$24.19
+1.2%
$32.50
+34.3%
-27.6%$22.29B$17.82B83.4340,390Analyst Revision

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