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BT Group (BT.A) Competitors

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GBX 148.10 -1.75 (-1.17%)
(As of 08:35 AM ET)

BT.A vs. VOD, BBGI, PHI, TEF, CNCT, CEL, CNSL, FOX, OTT, and BCE

Should you be buying BT Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BT Group include Vodafone Group Public (VOD), BBGI Global Infrastructure (BBGI), Pacific Horizon Investment Trust (PHI), Telford Homes (TEF), Smiths News Plc (CNCT.L) (CNCT), Celadon Pharmaceuticals (CEL), Cambridge Nutritional Sciences (CNSL), Fox Marble (FOX), Oxford Technology 3 Venture Capital Trust (OTT), and Beacon Energy (BCE). These companies are all part of the "communication" industry.

BT Group vs.

Vodafone Group Public (LON:VOD) and BT Group (LON:BT.A) are both large-cap communication services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation and community ranking.

Vodafone Group Public has a beta of 0.54, meaning that its share price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BT Group has a beta of 0.69, meaning that its share price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500.

56.4% of Vodafone Group Public shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 27.7% of BT Group shares are held by institutional investors. 5.9% of Vodafone Group Public shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 43.9% of BT Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Vodafone Group Public£36.72B0.50£1.20B£0.041,739.50
BT Group£20.80B0.70£855M£0.091,645.56

Vodafone Group Public received 896 more outperform votes than BT Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.31% of users gave Vodafone Group Public an outperform vote while only 72.64% of users gave BT Group an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Vodafone Group PublicOutperform Votes
2404
75.31%
Underperform Votes
788
24.69%
BT GroupOutperform Votes
1508
72.64%
Underperform Votes
568
27.36%

Vodafone Group Public currently has a consensus price target of GBX 77.50, suggesting a potential upside of 11.38%. Given Vodafone Group Public's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Vodafone Group Public is more favorable than BT Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Vodafone Group Public
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
BT Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

In the previous week, BT Group had 5 more articles in the media than Vodafone Group Public. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for BT Group and 0 mentions for Vodafone Group Public. BT Group's average media sentiment score of 0.22 beat Vodafone Group Public's score of -0.16 indicating that BT Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Vodafone Group Public Neutral
BT Group Neutral

BT Group has a net margin of 4.11% compared to Vodafone Group Public's net margin of 3.11%. BT Group's return on equity of 6.33% beat Vodafone Group Public's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Vodafone Group Public3.11% 2.50% 1.45%
BT Group 4.11%6.33%3.77%

Vodafone Group Public pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.5%. BT Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.4%. Vodafone Group Public pays out 20,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. BT Group pays out 8,888.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Summary

BT Group beats Vodafone Group Public on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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BT.A vs. The Competition

MetricBT GroupTelecom Services IndustryBusiness SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£14.48B£9.32B£6.61B£1.39B
Dividend Yield5.40%9.06%2.93%11.73%
P/E Ratio1,645.56126.3334.591,549.36
Price / Sales0.7058.12171.77209,059.57
Price / Cash3.5432.0426.3732.93
Price / Book1.163.104.862.80
Net Income£855M£586.10M£123.37M£152.70M
7 Day Performance5.84%-0.71%0.13%-0.51%
1 Month Performance1.47%-1.52%8.35%7.11%
1 Year Performance24.98%9.12%29.92%91.82%

BT Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BT.A
BT Group
2.6123 of 5 stars
GBX 148.10
-1.2%
N/A+25.5%£14.48B£20.80B1,645.5698,400High Trading Volume
VOD
Vodafone Group Public
2.1656 of 5 stars
GBX 69.58
-2.3%
GBX 77.50
+11.4%
-4.7%£18.19B£36.72B1,732.00104,000Gap Down
BBGI
BBGI Global Infrastructure
N/AGBX 123.89
-0.1%
N/A-7.0%£885.47M£68.47M1,548.611,160
PHI
Pacific Horizon Investment Trust
N/AGBX 567
+0.4%
N/A+4.1%£513.42M£42.42M1,890.0718,800
TEF
Telford Homes
N/AGBX 349.50
flat
N/A+0.0%£265.88M£336.12M7.85104,200High Trading Volume
CNCT
Smiths News Plc (CNCT.L)
N/AGBX 25.60
+1.6%
N/A+0.0%£63.41M£1.44B-1.413Gap Up
CEL
Celadon Pharmaceuticals
N/AGBX 13.80
-11.0%
N/A-86.5%£9.50M£11,258.00-193.752,780High Trading Volume
CNSL
Cambridge Nutritional Sciences
N/AGBX 3.20
-8.6%
N/AN/A£7.61M£9.77M-362.103,200
FOX
Fox Marble
N/AGBX 1.35
+14.9%
N/A+0.0%£5.63M£722,064.00-135.0010,600
OTT
Oxford Technology 3 Venture Capital Trust
N/AGBX 34
-19.4%
N/AN/A£2.13M£-85,000.00-12.59203Gap Down
BCE
Beacon Energy
N/AGBX 0
flat
N/A-98.1%£740,000.00N/A-0.3544,600

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This page (LON:BT.A) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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