Roku (ROKU) Competitors

Roku (NASDAQ:ROKU) and América Móvil (NYSE:AMX) are both large-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, community ranking and earnings.

Is ROKU or AMX more profitable?

América Móvil has a net margin of 3.25% compared to Roku's net margin of -3.15%. América Móvil's return on equity of 6.38% beat Roku's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Roku	-3.15%	-5.34%	-3.07%
América Móvil	3.25%	6.38%	1.62%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of ROKU or AMX?

86.3% of Roku shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.3% of América Móvil shares are held by institutional investors. 14.0% of Roku shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of América Móvil shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media favor ROKU or AMX?

In the previous week, Roku had 32 more articles in the media than América Móvil. MarketBeat recorded 39 mentions for Roku and 7 mentions for América Móvil. América Móvil's average media sentiment score of 1.25 beat Roku's score of 0.63 indicating that América Móvil is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Roku	11 Very Positive mention(s)	11 Positive mention(s)	12 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
América Móvil	5 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ROKU or AMX?

Roku received 197 more outperform votes than América Móvil when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.85% of users gave América Móvil an outperform vote while only 58.18% of users gave Roku an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Roku	Outperform Votes 711 58.18%	Underperform Votes 511 41.82%
América Móvil	Outperform Votes 514 61.85%	Underperform Votes 317 38.15%

Do analysts recommend ROKU or AMX?

Roku currently has a consensus price target of $96.71, indicating a potential upside of 27.17%. América Móvil has a consensus price target of $17.15, indicating a potential upside of 18.49%. Given Roku's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Roku is more favorable than América Móvil.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Roku	1 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	16 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.76
América Móvil	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, ROKU or AMX?

América Móvil has higher revenue and earnings than Roku. Roku is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than América Móvil, 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
Roku	$4.11B	2.70	-$129.39M	-$0.89	-85.45
América Móvil	$869.22B	0.05	$1.55B	$0.49	29.54

Which has more volatility and risk, ROKU or AMX?

Roku has a beta of 2.12, suggesting that its stock price is 112% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, América Móvil has a beta of 0.95, suggesting that its stock price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Roku beats América Móvil on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.