TIM (TIMB) Competitors

TIM (NYSE:TIMB) and Telefónica (NYSE:TEF) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends, earnings, profitability and institutional ownership.

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, TIMB or TEF?

TIM has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Telefónica. Telefónica is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than TIM, 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
TIM	$25.45B	0.28	$584.88M	$1.18	12.64
Telefónica	$41.32B	0.66	-$965.41M	-$0.04	-120.00

Which has more risk & volatility, TIMB or TEF?

TIM has a beta of 0.53, suggesting that its stock price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Telefónica has a beta of 0.43, suggesting that its stock price is 57% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is TIMB or TEF a better dividend stock?

TIM pays an annual dividend of $0.77 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. Telefónica pays an annual dividend of $0.22 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. TIM pays out 65.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Telefónica pays out -550.0% 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.

Does the media prefer TIMB or TEF?

In the previous week, Telefónica had 2 more articles in the media than TIM. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Telefónica and 6 mentions for TIM. TIM's average media sentiment score of 1.03 beat Telefónica's score of 0.21 indicating that TIM is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
TIM	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Telefónica	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is TIMB or TEF more profitable?

TIM has a net margin of 12.24% compared to Telefónica's net margin of -2.84%. TIM's return on equity of 11.91% beat Telefónica's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
TIM	12.24%	11.91%	5.59%
Telefónica	-2.84%	10.10%	2.54%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in TIMB or TEF?

Telefónica received 583 more outperform votes than TIM when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.38% of users gave Telefónica an outperform vote while only 30.19% of users gave TIM an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
TIM	Outperform Votes 16 30.19%	Underperform Votes 37 69.81%
Telefónica	Outperform Votes 599 57.38%	Underperform Votes 445 42.62%

Do analysts recommend TIMB or TEF?

TIM currently has a consensus target price of $16.03, suggesting a potential upside of 7.46%. Given TIM's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe TIM is more favorable than Telefónica.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
TIM	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25
Telefónica	1 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.80

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

1.1% of Telefónica shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of Telefónica shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

TIM beats Telefónica on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.