Telefónica (TEF) Competitors

Telefónica (NYSE:TEF) and América Móvil (NYSE:AMX) are both large-cap utilities 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.

Which has higher valuation & earnings, TEF or AMX?

América Móvil has higher revenue and earnings than Telefónica. Telefónica is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than América Móvil, 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
Telefónica	$41.32B	0.64	-$965.41M	-$0.04	-117.00
América Móvil	$869.22B	0.05	$1.55B	$0.49	31.10

Does the MarketBeat Community favor TEF or AMX?

Telefónica received 84 more outperform votes than América Móvil when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.90% of users gave América Móvil an outperform vote while only 57.38% of users gave Telefónica an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Telefónica	Outperform Votes 599 57.38%	Underperform Votes 445 42.62%
América Móvil	Outperform Votes 515 61.90%	Underperform Votes 317 38.10%

Which has more volatility & risk, TEF or AMX?

Telefónica has a beta of 0.43, suggesting that its stock price is 57% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, América Móvil has a beta of 0.79, suggesting that its stock price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend TEF or AMX?

América Móvil has a consensus target price of $17.22, indicating a potential upside of 12.99%. Given América Móvil's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe América Móvil is more favorable than Telefónica.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Telefónica	1 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.80
América Móvil	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.40

Is TEF or AMX more profitable?

América Móvil has a net margin of 3.25% compared to Telefónica's net margin of -2.84%. Telefónica's return on equity of 10.10% beat América Móvil's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Telefónica	-2.84%	10.10%	2.54%
América Móvil	3.25%	6.38%	1.62%

Does the media prefer TEF or AMX?

In the previous week, América Móvil had 4 more articles in the media than Telefónica. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for América Móvil and 6 mentions for Telefónica. América Móvil's average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat Telefónica's score of 0.20 indicating that América Móvil is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Telefónica	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
América Móvil	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

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

1.1% of Telefónica shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.3% of América Móvil shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of Telefónica shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of América Móvil 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.

Is TEF or AMX a better dividend stock?

Telefónica pays an annual dividend of $0.22 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. América Móvil pays an annual dividend of $0.23 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Telefónica pays out -550.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. América Móvil pays out 46.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Telefónica is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

América Móvil beats Telefónica on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.