Vodafone Group Public (VOD) Competitors

América Móvil (NYSE:AMX) and Vodafone Group Public (NASDAQ:VOD) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, dividends, community ranking, earnings, media sentiment and risk.

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

6.3% of América Móvil shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 7.8% of Vodafone Group Public shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of América Móvil shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Vodafone Group Public shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk & volatility, AMX or VOD?

América Móvil has a beta of 0.93, suggesting that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vodafone Group Public has a beta of 0.77, suggesting that its stock price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate AMX or VOD?

América Móvil presently has a consensus target price of $18.98, indicating a potential upside of 38.92%. Given América Móvil's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe América Móvil is more favorable than Vodafone Group Public.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
América Móvil	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.40
Vodafone Group Public	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75

Is AMX or VOD a better dividend stock?

América Móvil pays an annual dividend of $0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Vodafone Group Public pays an annual dividend of $0.45 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. América Móvil pays out 35.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer AMX or VOD?

Vodafone Group Public received 688 more outperform votes than América Móvil when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.53% of users gave Vodafone Group Public an outperform vote while only 61.65% of users gave América Móvil an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
América Móvil	Outperform Votes 508 61.65%	Underperform Votes 316 38.35%
Vodafone Group Public	Outperform Votes 1196 69.53%	Underperform Votes 524 30.47%

Does the media prefer AMX or VOD?

In the previous week, América Móvil had 5 more articles in the media than Vodafone Group Public. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for América Móvil and 4 mentions for Vodafone Group Public. Vodafone Group Public's average media sentiment score of 1.24 beat América Móvil's score of 0.28 indicating that Vodafone Group Public is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
América Móvil	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Vodafone Group Public	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has better earnings and valuation, AMX or VOD?

América Móvil has higher revenue and earnings than Vodafone Group Public.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
América Móvil	$46.07B	0.91	$4.51B	$0.67	20.40
Vodafone Group Public	$39.85B	0.54	$1.24B	N/A	N/A

Is AMX or VOD more profitable?

América Móvil has a net margin of 4.45% compared to Vodafone Group Public's net margin of 0.00%. América Móvil's return on equity of 8.61% beat Vodafone Group Public's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
América Móvil	4.45%	8.61%	2.23%
Vodafone Group Public	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

América Móvil beats Vodafone Group Public on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.