AMX vs. VZ, T, ORAN, BCE, TEF, VIV, LUMN, FYBR, KT, and TKC
Should you be buying América Móvil stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of América Móvil include Verizon Communications (VZ), AT&T (T), Orange (ORAN), BCE (BCE), Telefónica (TEF), Telefônica Brasil (VIV), Lumen Technologies (LUMN), Frontier Communications Parent (FYBR), KT (KT), and Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri A.S. (TKC). These companies are all part of the "telephone communication, except radio" industry.
América Móvil vs.
América Móvil (NYSE:AMX) and Verizon Communications (NYSE:VZ) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership and earnings.
América Móvil presently has a consensus target price of $19.48, indicating a potential upside of 29.03%. Verizon Communications has a consensus target price of $46.37, indicating a potential upside of 11.33%. Given América Móvil's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe América Móvil is more favorable than Verizon Communications.
Verizon Communications received 614 more outperform votes than América Móvil when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.59% of users gave América Móvil an outperform vote while only 58.89% of users gave Verizon Communications an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Verizon Communications had 65 more articles in the media than América Móvil. MarketBeat recorded 70 mentions for Verizon Communications and 5 mentions for América Móvil. Verizon Communications' average media sentiment score of 1.07 beat América Móvil's score of 0.10 indicating that Verizon Communications is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
América Móvil pays an annual dividend of $0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Verizon Communications pays an annual dividend of $2.71 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.5%. América Móvil pays out 35.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Verizon Communications pays out 116.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Verizon Communications has raised its dividend for 20 consecutive years. Verizon Communications is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
6.3% of América Móvil shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 62.1% of Verizon Communications shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of América Móvil shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Verizon Communications shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Verizon Communications has higher revenue and earnings than América Móvil. Verizon Communications is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than América Móvil, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
América Móvil has a beta of 0.95, suggesting that its stock price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Verizon Communications has a beta of 0.43, suggesting that its stock price is 57% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Verizon Communications has a net margin of 7.30% compared to América Móvil's net margin of 4.45%. Verizon Communications' return on equity of 20.05% beat América Móvil's return on equity.
Summary
Verizon Communications beats América Móvil on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:AMX) was last updated on 11/17/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
