Vodafone Group Public (VOD) Competitors

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

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, BT.A or VOD?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
BT Group	£20.80B	0.69	£855M	£0.09	1,642.22
Vodafone Group Public	£36.72B	0.49	£1.20B	£0.04	1,723.88

Is BT.A or VOD more profitable?

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
BT Group	4.11%	6.33%	3.77%
Vodafone Group Public	3.11%	2.50%	1.45%

Is BT.A or VOD a better dividend stock?

BT Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.4%. Vodafone Group Public pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.6%. 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. 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.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor BT.A or VOD?

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.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
BT Group	Outperform Votes 1508 72.64%	Underperform Votes 568 27.36%
Vodafone Group Public	Outperform Votes 2404 75.31%	Underperform Votes 788 24.69%

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in BT.A or VOD?

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

Does the media favor BT.A or VOD?

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 media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
BT Group	Neutral
Vodafone Group Public	Neutral

Do analysts recommend BT.A or VOD?

Vodafone Group Public has a consensus target price of GBX 77.50, indicating a potential upside of 12.39%. Given Vodafone Group Public's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Vodafone Group Public is more favorable than BT Group.

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

Which has more volatility and risk, BT.A or VOD?

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

Summary

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