BlackBerry (BB) Competitors

Telephone and Data Systems (NYSE:TDS) and BlackBerry (NYSE:BB) are both utilities companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings and valuation.

Do analysts rate TDS or BB?

Telephone and Data Systems presently has a consensus price target of $45.50, suggesting a potential upside of 40.28%. BlackBerry has a consensus price target of $3.23, suggesting a potential upside of 40.07%. Given Telephone and Data Systems' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Telephone and Data Systems is more favorable than BlackBerry.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Telephone and Data Systems	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
BlackBerry	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.38

Is TDS or BB more profitable?

Telephone and Data Systems has a net margin of -10.72% compared to BlackBerry's net margin of -21.66%. Telephone and Data Systems' return on equity of 1.12% beat BlackBerry's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Telephone and Data Systems	-10.72%	1.12%	0.40%
BlackBerry	-21.66%	-3.38%	-1.92%

Which has more volatility and risk, TDS or BB?

Telephone and Data Systems has a beta of 0.77, suggesting that its stock price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BlackBerry has a beta of 1.42, suggesting that its stock price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to TDS or BB?

In the previous week, Telephone and Data Systems had 18 more articles in the media than BlackBerry. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Telephone and Data Systems and 0 mentions for BlackBerry. Telephone and Data Systems' average media sentiment score of 0.74 beat BlackBerry's score of 0.50 indicating that Telephone and Data Systems is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Telephone and Data Systems	Positive
BlackBerry	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community favor TDS or BB?

BlackBerry received 454 more outperform votes than Telephone and Data Systems when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.59% of users gave BlackBerry an outperform vote while only 65.32% of users gave Telephone and Data Systems an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Telephone and Data Systems	Outperform Votes 292 65.32%	Underperform Votes 155 34.68%
BlackBerry	Outperform Votes 746 69.59%	Underperform Votes 326 30.41%

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of TDS or BB?

80.0% of Telephone and Data Systems shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 54.5% of BlackBerry shares are held by institutional investors. 14.5% of Telephone and Data Systems shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of BlackBerry shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, TDS or BB?

BlackBerry has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Telephone and Data Systems. BlackBerry is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Telephone and Data Systems, 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
Telephone and Data Systems	$5.16B	0.71	-$500M	-$5.40	-6.01
BlackBerry	$853M	1.60	-$130M	-$0.25	-9.22

Summary

Telephone and Data Systems beats BlackBerry on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.