BCE (BCE) Competitors

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

Do analysts rate BCE or AMX?

BCE presently has a consensus price target of $45.00, indicating a potential upside of 94.34%. América Móvil has a consensus price target of $18.98, indicating a potential upside of 38.92%. Given BCE's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe BCE is more favorable than América Móvil.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
BCE	2 Sell rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.08
América Móvil	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.40

Is BCE or AMX more profitable?

América Móvil has a net margin of 4.45% compared to BCE's net margin of 0.76%. BCE's return on equity of 17.58% beat América Móvil's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
BCE	0.76%	17.58%	3.89%
América Móvil	4.45%	8.61%	2.23%

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

41.5% of BCE shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.3% of América Móvil shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of BCE shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of América Móvil shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, BCE or AMX?

América Móvil has higher revenue and earnings than BCE. América Móvil is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BCE, 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
BCE	$24.46B	0.86	$1.68B	$0.07	330.79
América Móvil	$46.07B	0.91	$4.51B	$0.67	20.40

Does the media favor BCE or AMX?

In the previous week, BCE had 20 more articles in the media than América Móvil. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for BCE and 6 mentions for América Móvil. BCE's average media sentiment score of 0.05 beat América Móvil's score of 0.05 indicating that BCE is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
BCE	5 Very Positive mention(s)	6 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	6 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
América Móvil	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has more volatility and risk, BCE or AMX?

BCE has a beta of 0.56, meaning that its share price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, América Móvil has a beta of 0.93, meaning that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor BCE or AMX?

América Móvil received 100 more outperform votes than BCE when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.65% of users gave América Móvil an outperform vote while only 55.89% of users gave BCE an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
BCE	Outperform Votes 408 55.89%	Underperform Votes 322 44.11%
América Móvil	Outperform Votes 508 61.65%	Underperform Votes 316 38.35%

Is BCE or AMX a better dividend stock?

BCE pays an annual dividend of $2.82 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.2%. América Móvil pays an annual dividend of $0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. BCE pays out 4,028.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. América Móvil pays out 35.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Summary

América Móvil beats BCE on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.