TIM (TIMB) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer PHI or TIMB?

PLDT received 349 more outperform votes than TIM when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.47% of users gave PLDT an outperform vote while only 30.61% of users gave TIM an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
PLDT	Outperform Votes 364 60.47%	Underperform Votes 238 39.53%
TIM	Outperform Votes 15 30.61%	Underperform Votes 34 69.39%

Which has more volatility and risk, PHI or TIMB?

PLDT has a beta of 0.66, meaning that its stock price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TIM has a beta of 0.84, meaning that its stock price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer PHI or TIMB?

In the previous week, TIM had 5 more articles in the media than PLDT. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for TIM and 3 mentions for PLDT. TIM's average media sentiment score of 0.39 beat PLDT's score of 0.14 indicating that TIM is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

Do analysts rate PHI or TIMB?

TIM has a consensus target price of $18.23, indicating a potential upside of 49.09%. Given TIM's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe TIM is more favorable than PLDT.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
PLDT	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
TIM	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25

Is PHI or TIMB a better dividend stock?

PLDT pays an annual dividend of $1.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.1%. TIM pays an annual dividend of $0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.6%. TIM pays out 54.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Is PHI or TIMB more profitable?

TIM has a net margin of 12.71% compared to PLDT's net margin of 12.34%. PLDT's return on equity of 22.11% beat TIM's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
PLDT	12.34%	22.11%	3.94%
TIM	12.71%	11.73%	5.51%

Do insiders and institutionals believe in PHI or TIMB?

2.3% of PLDT shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of PLDT shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, PHI or TIMB?

TIM has lower revenue, but higher earnings than PLDT.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
PLDT	$215.54B	0.02	$479.05M	N/A	N/A
TIM	$25.09B	0.24	$568.34M	$1.26	9.71

Summary

TIM beats PLDT on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.