TU vs. SPOT, ORAN, CHT, TEF, TME, WBD, FWONK, FOXA, FOX, and ROKU
Should you be buying TELUS stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of TELUS include Spotify Technology (SPOT), Orange (ORAN), Chunghwa Telecom (CHT), Telefónica (TEF), Tencent Music Entertainment Group (TME), Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), Formula One Group (FWONK), FOX (FOXA), FOX (FOX), and Roku (ROKU). These companies are all part of the "communication" industry.
TELUS (NYSE:TU) and Spotify Technology (NYSE:SPOT) are both large-cap utilities companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, profitability, risk and analyst recommendations.
TELUS has a beta of 0.73, indicating that its stock price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Spotify Technology has a beta of 1.59, indicating that its stock price is 59% more volatile than the S&P 500.
TELUS has a net margin of 3.73% compared to Spotify Technology's net margin of 3.22%. Spotify Technology's return on equity of 15.23% beat TELUS's return on equity.
TELUS has higher revenue and earnings than Spotify Technology. Spotify Technology is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than TELUS, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Spotify Technology had 67 more articles in the media than TELUS. MarketBeat recorded 76 mentions for Spotify Technology and 9 mentions for TELUS. TELUS's average media sentiment score of 0.73 beat Spotify Technology's score of 0.62 indicating that TELUS is being referred to more favorably in the media.
TELUS received 50 more outperform votes than Spotify Technology when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.40% of users gave Spotify Technology an outperform vote while only 60.31% of users gave TELUS an outperform vote.
TELUS presently has a consensus target price of $27.40, suggesting a potential upside of 72.54%. Spotify Technology has a consensus target price of $353.15, suggesting a potential upside of 9.72%. Given TELUS's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe TELUS is more favorable than Spotify Technology.
49.4% of TELUS shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.1% of Spotify Technology shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of TELUS shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Spotify Technology shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Spotify Technology beats TELUS on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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