Telecom Argentina (TEO) Competitors

BCE (NYSE:BCE) and Telecom Argentina (NYSE:TEO) are both utilities companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings and community ranking.

Which has higher valuation & earnings, BCE or TEO?

BCE has higher revenue and earnings than Telecom Argentina. Telecom Argentina 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	$18.28B	1.16	$1.68B	$0.07	330.79
Telecom Argentina	$7.85B	N/A	-$979.37M	-$0.18	-67.11

Does the media favor BCE or TEO?

In the previous week, BCE had 25 more articles in the media than Telecom Argentina. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for BCE and 1 mentions for Telecom Argentina. Telecom Argentina's average media sentiment score of 0.37 beat BCE's score of 0.35 indicating that Telecom Argentina is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
BCE	7 Very Positive mention(s)	6 Positive mention(s)	8 Neutral mention(s)	4 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Telecom Argentina	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has more risk & volatility, BCE or TEO?

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

Is BCE or TEO more profitable?

BCE has a net margin of 0.76% compared to Telecom Argentina's net margin of -1.91%. BCE's return on equity of 17.58% beat Telecom Argentina's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
BCE	0.76%	17.58%	3.89%
Telecom Argentina	-1.91%	-1.26%	-0.59%

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in BCE or TEO?

41.5% of BCE shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of BCE shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Telecom Argentina shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts prefer BCE or TEO?

BCE currently has a consensus price target of $45.00, indicating a potential upside of 94.34%. Telecom Argentina has a consensus price target of $7.20, indicating a potential downside of 40.40%. Given BCE's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe BCE is more favorable than Telecom Argentina.

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
Telecom Argentina	2 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.00

Does the MarketBeat Community favor BCE or TEO?

BCE received 136 more outperform votes than Telecom Argentina when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 55.89% of users gave BCE an outperform vote while only 55.74% of users gave Telecom Argentina an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
BCE	Outperform Votes 408 55.89%	Underperform Votes 322 44.11%
Telecom Argentina	Outperform Votes 272 55.74%	Underperform Votes 216 44.26%

Summary

BCE beats Telecom Argentina on 15 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.