TIM (TIMB) Competitors

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

Which has better valuation & earnings, 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	$25.09B	0.29	$584.88M	$1.18	12.86
Telefónica	$41.32B	0.63	-$965.41M	-$0.04	-114.38

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%

Which has more risk & volatility, TIMB or TEF?

TIM has a beta of 0.84, indicating that its share price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Telefónica has a beta of 0.62, indicating that its share price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals & insiders believe in 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 hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is TIMB or TEF a better dividend stock?

TIM pays an annual dividend of $0.61 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Telefónica pays an annual dividend of $0.22 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. TIM pays out 51.7% 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. Telefónica is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do analysts prefer TIMB or TEF?

TIM presently has a consensus price target of $16.03, indicating a potential upside of 5.70%. Given TIM's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly 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

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%

Does the media prefer TIMB or TEF?

In the previous week, Telefónica had 5 more articles in the media than TIM. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Telefónica and 2 mentions for TIM. TIM's average media sentiment score of 1.08 beat Telefónica's score of 0.41 indicating that TIM is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
TIM	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Telefónica	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

TIM beats Telefónica on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.