FOX vs. AMX, CHT, TME, TEF, WBD, VOD, FWONK, FOXA, TU, and BCE
Should you be buying FOX stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of FOX include America Movil (AMX), Chunghwa Telecom (CHT), Tencent Music Entertainment Group (TME), Telefonica (TEF), Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), Vodafone Group (VOD), Liberty Media Corporation - Liberty Formula One Series C (FWONK), FOX (FOXA), TELUS (TU), and BCE (BCE). These companies are all part of the "communication" industry.
FOX vs. Its Competitors
America Movil (NYSE:AMX) and FOX (NASDAQ:FOX) are both large-cap communication companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, risk, media sentiment, valuation, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and dividends.
America Movil pays an annual dividend of $0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. FOX pays an annual dividend of $0.54 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. America Movil pays out 44.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. FOX pays out 13.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. FOX has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years.
FOX has a net margin of 11.58% compared to America Movil's net margin of 3.55%. FOX's return on equity of 17.99% beat America Movil's return on equity.
America Movil currently has a consensus price target of $16.62, indicating a potential downside of 8.02%. Given America Movil's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe America Movil is more favorable than FOX.
In the previous week, FOX had 118 more articles in the media than America Movil. MarketBeat recorded 120 mentions for FOX and 2 mentions for America Movil. America Movil's average media sentiment score of 0.78 beat FOX's score of -0.10 indicating that America Movil is being referred to more favorably in the media.
6.3% of America Movil shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 26.4% of FOX shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of America Movil shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 23.1% of FOX shares are held 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.
America Movil has a beta of 0.79, meaning that its share price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, FOX has a beta of 0.56, meaning that its share price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500.
FOX has lower revenue, but higher earnings than America Movil. FOX is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than America Movil, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
FOX beats America Movil on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding FOX and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ 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.
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This page (NASDAQ:FOX) was last updated on 7/7/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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