SCMWY vs. NTTYY, NEE, DTEGY, BCE, SGAPY, TLSYY, TLK, TEF, TELNY, and KKPNY
Should you be buying Swisscom stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Swisscom include Nippon Telegraph and Telephone (NTTYY), NextEra Energy (NEE), Deutsche Telekom (DTEGY), BCE (BCE), Singapore Telecommunications (SGAPY), Telstra (TLSYY), Perusahaan Perseroan (Persero) PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia Tbk (TLK), Telefónica (TEF), Telenor ASA (TELNY), and Koninklijke KPN (KKPNY). These companies are all part of the "utilities" sector.
Swisscom vs.
Swisscom (OTCMKTS:SCMWY) and Nippon Telegraph and Telephone (OTCMKTS:NTTYY) are both large-cap utilities companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, dividends and valuation.
Swisscom has a beta of 0.23, suggesting that its stock price is 77% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone has a beta of 0.17, suggesting that its stock price is 83% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Swisscom has a net margin of 13.74% compared to Nippon Telegraph and Telephone's net margin of 9.78%. Swisscom's return on equity of 14.07% beat Nippon Telegraph and Telephone's return on equity.
0.1% of Nippon Telegraph and Telephone shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Swisscom shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Nippon Telegraph and Telephone has higher revenue and earnings than Swisscom. Nippon Telegraph and Telephone is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Swisscom, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Swisscom received 47 more outperform votes than Nippon Telegraph and Telephone when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.27% of users gave Nippon Telegraph and Telephone an outperform vote while only 47.65% of users gave Swisscom an outperform vote.
Swisscom pays an annual dividend of $1.98 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Nippon Telegraph and Telephone pays an annual dividend of $0.70 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Swisscom pays out 60.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Nippon Telegraph and Telephone pays out 24.3% 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.
Swisscom presently has a consensus target price of $601.00, suggesting a potential upside of 832.22%. Given Swisscom's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Swisscom is more favorable than Nippon Telegraph and Telephone.
In the previous week, Swisscom had 1 more articles in the media than Nippon Telegraph and Telephone. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Swisscom and 0 mentions for Nippon Telegraph and Telephone. Swisscom's average media sentiment score of 0.42 beat Nippon Telegraph and Telephone's score of 0.00 indicating that Swisscom is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Swisscom beats Nippon Telegraph and Telephone on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding SCMWY and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of OTCMKTS 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.
SCMWY vs. The Competition
Swisscom Competitors List
