BT.A vs. VOD, AAF, ISAT, ZEG, GAMA, HTWS, TALK, KCOM, MANX, and MAI
Should you be buying BT Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BT Group include Vodafone Group Public (VOD), Airtel Africa (AAF), Inmarsat (ISAT), Zegona Communications (ZEG), Gamma Communications (GAMA), Helios Towers (HTWS), TalkTalk Telecom Group (TALK), KCOM Group (KCOM), Manx Telecom (MANX), and Maintel (MAI). These companies are all part of the "telecom services" industry.
BT Group (LON:BT.A) and Vodafone Group Public (LON:VOD) are both large-cap business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.
28.4% of BT Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 55.2% of Vodafone Group Public shares are held by institutional investors. 36.6% of BT Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.3% of Vodafone Group Public shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
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.
Vodafone Group Public has a consensus price target of GBX 98.40, suggesting a potential upside of 31.31%. Given Vodafone Group Public's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Vodafone Group Public is more favorable than BT Group.
Vodafone Group Public received 896 more outperform votes than BT Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.34% of users gave Vodafone Group Public an outperform vote while only 72.64% of users gave BT Group an outperform vote.
BT Group has a beta of 0.73, meaning that its stock price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vodafone Group Public has a beta of 0.49, meaning that its stock price is 51% less volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
In the previous week, BT Group had 2 more articles in the media than Vodafone Group Public. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for BT Group and 1 mentions for Vodafone Group Public. Vodafone Group Public's average media sentiment score of 0.39 beat BT Group's score of 0.17 indicating that Vodafone Group Public is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
BT Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.2%. Vodafone Group Public pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.6%. BT Group pays out 4,444.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. 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.
Summary
Vodafone Group Public beats BT Group on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding BT.A and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Skip ChartThis chart shows the average media sentiment of LON 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.
Skip Chart
BT Group Competitors List
Related Companies and Tools