BCE (BCE) Competitors

BCE (TSE:BCE) and TELUS (TSE:T) are both large-cap communication services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, risk and community ranking.

Do insiders & institutionals believe in BCE or T?

43.0% of BCE shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 56.5% of TELUS shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of BCE shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of TELUS shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts prefer BCE or T?

BCE currently has a consensus target price of C$51.38, suggesting a potential upside of 11.20%. TELUS has a consensus target price of C$24.87, suggesting a potential upside of 13.49%. Given TELUS's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe TELUS is more favorable than BCE.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
BCE	0 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.30
TELUS	1 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Does the media prefer BCE or T?

In the previous week, BCE had 3 more articles in the media than TELUS. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for BCE and 8 mentions for TELUS. BCE's average media sentiment score of 0.36 beat TELUS's score of 0.28 indicating that BCE is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
BCE	2 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
TELUS	2 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, BCE or T?

BCE has higher revenue and earnings than TELUS. BCE is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than TELUS, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
BCE	C$24.63B	1.71	C$1.75B	C$1.92	24.04
TELUS	C$20B	1.63	C$841M	C$0.52	42.23

Which has more volatility and risk, BCE or T?

BCE has a beta of 0.44, indicating that its share price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TELUS has a beta of 0.67, indicating that its share price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is BCE or T more profitable?

BCE has a net margin of 7.88% compared to TELUS's net margin of 4.20%. BCE's return on equity of 9.36% beat TELUS's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
BCE	7.88%	9.36%	4.88%
TELUS	4.20%	4.96%	3.42%

Is BCE or T a better dividend stock?

BCE pays an annual dividend of C$3.99 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.6%. TELUS pays an annual dividend of C$1.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.8%. BCE pays out 207.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. TELUS pays out 288.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. BCE is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer BCE or T?

TELUS received 143 more outperform votes than BCE when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.63% of users gave TELUS an outperform vote while only 49.14% of users gave BCE an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
BCE	Outperform Votes 429 49.14%	Underperform Votes 444 50.86%
TELUS	Outperform Votes 572 63.63%	Underperform Votes 327 36.37%

Summary

BCE beats TELUS on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.