TIM (TIMB) Competitors

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

Do insiders & institutionals believe in TEF or TIMB?

1.1% of Telefónica shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of Telefónica shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is TEF or TIMB more profitable?

TIM has a net margin of 12.53% compared to Telefónica's net margin of -1.62%. TIM's return on equity of 11.47% beat Telefónica's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Telefónica	-1.62%	9.18%	2.42%
TIM	12.53%	11.47%	5.33%

Which has higher earnings and valuation, TEF or TIMB?

TIM has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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
Telefónica	$43.99B	0.60	-$965.41M	-$0.16	-29.06
TIM	$4.77B	N/A	$568.34M	$1.28	11.05

Is TEF or TIMB a better dividend stock?

Telefónica pays an annual dividend of $0.23 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. TIM pays an annual dividend of $0.34 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Telefónica pays out -143.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. TIM pays out 26.6% 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.

Which has more risk & volatility, TEF or TIMB?

Telefónica has a beta of 0.67, suggesting that its stock price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TIM has a beta of 0.9, suggesting that its stock price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor TEF or TIMB?

In the previous week, Telefónica had 3 more articles in the media than TIM. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Telefónica and 0 mentions for TIM. Telefónica's average media sentiment score of 0.56 beat TIM's score of 0.00 indicating that Telefónica is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Telefónica	Positive
TIM	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community favor TEF or TIMB?

Telefónica received 582 more outperform votes than TIM when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.36% of users gave Telefónica an outperform vote while only 31.11% of users gave TIM an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Telefónica	Outperform Votes 596 57.36%	Underperform Votes 443 42.64%
TIM	Outperform Votes 14 31.11%	Underperform Votes 31 68.89%

Do analysts rate TEF or TIMB?

TIM has a consensus price target of $21.40, suggesting a potential upside of 51.24%. Given TIM's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe TIM 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
TIM	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Summary

TIM beats Telefónica on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.