VIV vs. BCE, TEF, KT, FYBR, PHI, TEO, TDS, LUMN, IDT, and SHEN
Should you be buying Telefônica Brasil stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Telefônica Brasil include BCE (BCE), Telefónica (TEF), KT (KT), Frontier Communications Parent (FYBR), PLDT (PHI), Telecom Argentina (TEO), Telephone and Data Systems (TDS), Lumen Technologies (LUMN), IDT (IDT), and Shenandoah Telecommunications (SHEN). These companies are all part of the "telephone communication, except radio" industry.
BCE (NYSE:BCE) and Telefônica Brasil (NYSE:VIV) are both large-cap utilities companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, risk, dividends and analyst recommendations.
BCE has higher revenue and earnings than Telefônica Brasil. Telefônica Brasil is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BCE, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
BCE presently has a consensus price target of $49.00, indicating a potential upside of 47.41%. Telefônica Brasil has a consensus price target of $11.35, indicating a potential upside of 31.52%. Given Telefônica Brasil's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe BCE is more favorable than Telefônica Brasil.
41.5% of BCE shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 5.2% of Telefônica Brasil shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of BCE 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.
BCE received 53 more outperform votes than Telefônica Brasil when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 59.90% of users gave Telefônica Brasil an outperform vote while only 56.61% of users gave BCE an outperform vote.
Telefônica Brasil has a net margin of 9.63% compared to Telefônica Brasil's net margin of 7.53%. Telefônica Brasil's return on equity of 16.86% beat BCE's return on equity.
BCE pays an annual dividend of $2.95 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.9%. Telefônica Brasil pays an annual dividend of $0.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. BCE pays out 204.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Telefônica Brasil pays out 47.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. BCE has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years. BCE is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
In the previous week, BCE had 15 more articles in the media than Telefônica Brasil. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for BCE and 2 mentions for Telefônica Brasil. BCE's average media sentiment score of 0.45 beat Telefônica Brasil's score of 0.43 indicating that Telefônica Brasil is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
BCE has a beta of 0.55, meaning that its share price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Telefônica Brasil has a beta of 0.79, meaning that its share price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
BCE beats Telefônica Brasil on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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