VIV vs. TLK, TEF, BCE, ATO, CMS, CNP, NRG, EBR, FTS, and AEE
Should you be buying Telefônica Brasil stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Telefônica Brasil include Perusahaan Perseroan (Persero) PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia Tbk (TLK), Telefónica (TEF), BCE (BCE), Atmos Energy (ATO), CMS Energy (CMS), CenterPoint Energy (CNP), NRG Energy (NRG), Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás (EBR), Fortis (FTS), and Ameren (AEE). These companies are all part of the "utilities" sector.
Perusahaan Perseroan (Persero) PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia Tbk (NYSE:TLK) and Telefônica Brasil (NYSE:VIV) are both utilities companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, profitability, earnings, dividends and risk.
Perusahaan Perseroan (Persero) PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia Tbk pays an annual dividend of $0.85 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Telefônica Brasil pays an annual dividend of $0.26 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Perusahaan Perseroan (Persero) PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia Tbk pays out 50.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Telefônica Brasil pays out 41.9% 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. Perusahaan Perseroan (Persero) PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia Tbk has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years. Perusahaan Perseroan (Persero) PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia Tbk is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Perusahaan Perseroan (Persero) PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia Tbk has a beta of 0.72, indicating that its stock price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Telefônica Brasil has a beta of 0.75, indicating that its stock price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Perusahaan Perseroan (Persero) PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia Tbk has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Telefônica Brasil. Perusahaan Perseroan (Persero) PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia Tbk is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Telefônica Brasil, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Perusahaan Perseroan (Persero) PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia Tbk has a net margin of 16.52% compared to Perusahaan Perseroan (Persero) PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia Tbk's net margin of 9.70%. Telefônica Brasil's return on equity of 16.11% beat Perusahaan Perseroan (Persero) PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia Tbk's return on equity.
5.2% of Telefônica Brasil shares are held by institutional investors. 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.
Telefônica Brasil received 152 more outperform votes than Perusahaan Perseroan (Persero) PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia Tbk when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.80% of users gave Perusahaan Perseroan (Persero) PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia Tbk an outperform vote while only 60.10% of users gave Telefônica Brasil an outperform vote.
Telefônica Brasil has a consensus target price of $11.73, suggesting a potential upside of 25.80%. Given Perusahaan Perseroan (Persero) PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia Tbk's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Telefônica Brasil is more favorable than Perusahaan Perseroan (Persero) PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia Tbk.
In the previous week, Telefônica Brasil had 2 more articles in the media than Perusahaan Perseroan (Persero) PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia Tbk. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Telefônica Brasil and 1 mentions for Perusahaan Perseroan (Persero) PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia Tbk. Perusahaan Perseroan (Persero) PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia Tbk's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Telefônica Brasil's score of -0.35 indicating that Telefônica Brasil is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Telefônica Brasil beats Perusahaan Perseroan (Persero) PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia Tbk on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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