TIGO vs. SKM, FYBR, KT, PARA, LLYVK, ASTS, TKC, LLYVA, TIMB, and TEO
Should you be buying Millicom International Cellular stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Millicom International Cellular include SK Telecom (SKM), Frontier Communications Parent (FYBR), KT (KT), Paramount Global (PARA), Liberty Live Group (LLYVK), AST SpaceMobile (ASTS), Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri A.S. (TKC), Liberty Live Group (LLYVA), TIM (TIMB), and Telecom Argentina (TEO). These companies are all part of the "communication" industry.
Millicom International Cellular vs.
Millicom International Cellular (NASDAQ:TIGO) and SK Telecom (NYSE:SKM) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, valuation, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk and community ranking.
Millicom International Cellular pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. SK Telecom pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. Millicom International Cellular pays out 106.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. SK Telecom pays out 48.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. SK Telecom is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
SK Telecom has a net margin of 6.31% compared to Millicom International Cellular's net margin of 2.70%. SK Telecom's return on equity of 9.03% beat Millicom International Cellular's return on equity.
SK Telecom received 47 more outperform votes than Millicom International Cellular when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.34% of users gave SK Telecom an outperform vote while only 55.87% of users gave Millicom International Cellular an outperform vote.
SK Telecom has higher revenue and earnings than Millicom International Cellular. SK Telecom is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Millicom International Cellular, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Millicom International Cellular had 9 more articles in the media than SK Telecom. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Millicom International Cellular and 2 mentions for SK Telecom. SK Telecom's average media sentiment score of 0.53 beat Millicom International Cellular's score of 0.04 indicating that SK Telecom is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Millicom International Cellular presently has a consensus target price of $30.26, indicating a potential upside of 12.03%. Given Millicom International Cellular's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Millicom International Cellular is more favorable than SK Telecom.
Millicom International Cellular has a beta of 1.17, suggesting that its share price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SK Telecom has a beta of 0.8, suggesting that its share price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
SK Telecom beats Millicom International Cellular on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:TIGO) was last updated on 1/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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