VIV vs. AMX, WBD, TME, CHT, TEF, VOD, FOXA, TU, FOX, and BCE
Should you be buying Telefonica Brasil stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Telefonica Brasil include America Movil (AMX), Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), Tencent Music Entertainment Group (TME), Chunghwa Telecom (CHT), Telefonica (TEF), Vodafone Group (VOD), FOX (FOXA), TELUS (TU), FOX (FOX), and BCE (BCE). These companies are all part of the "communication" industry.
Telefonica Brasil vs. Its Competitors
America Movil (NYSE:AMX) and Telefonica Brasil (NYSE:VIV) are both large-cap communication companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, risk, media sentiment and valuation.
America Movil presently has a consensus target price of $18.77, indicating a potential downside of 8.05%. Telefonica Brasil has a consensus target price of $12.70, indicating a potential upside of 0.79%. Given Telefonica Brasil's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Telefonica Brasil is more favorable than America Movil.
America Movil pays an annual dividend of $0.51 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Telefonica Brasil pays an annual dividend of $0.29 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. America Movil pays out 54.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Telefonica Brasil pays out 46.8% 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.
America Movil has higher revenue and earnings than Telefonica Brasil. Telefonica Brasil is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than America Movil, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
America Movil has a beta of 0.86, indicating that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Telefonica Brasil has a beta of 0.81, indicating that its stock price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Telefonica Brasil has a net margin of 10.13% compared to America Movil's net margin of 6.11%. America Movil's return on equity of 12.59% beat Telefonica Brasil's return on equity.
In the previous week, Telefonica Brasil had 2 more articles in the media than America Movil. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Telefonica Brasil and 9 mentions for America Movil. Telefonica Brasil's average media sentiment score of 0.89 beat America Movil's score of 0.09 indicating that Telefonica Brasil is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
6.3% of America Movil shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 5.2% of Telefonica Brasil shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of America Movil shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
America Movil beats Telefonica Brasil on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:VIV) was last updated on 9/17/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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