TIMB vs. TEF, VIV, KT, FYBR, PHI, TEO, TDS, LUMN, IDT, and SHEN
Should you be buying TIM stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of TIM include Telefónica (TEF), Telefônica Brasil (VIV), KT (KT), Frontier Communications Parent (FYBR), PLDT (PHI), Telecom Argentina (TEO), Telephone and Data Systems (TDS), Lumen Technologies (LUMN), IDT (IDT), and Shenandoah Telecommunications (SHEN). These companies are all part of the "telephone communication, except radio" industry.
TIM (NYSE:TIMB) and Telefónica (NYSE:TEF) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking and media sentiment.
TIM presently has a consensus target price of $18.00, indicating a potential upside of 18.34%. Given TIM's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe TIM is more favorable than Telefónica.
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.
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 endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Telefónica had 12 more articles in the media than TIM. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Telefónica and 1 mentions for TIM. TIM's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Telefónica's score of -0.04 indicating that TIM is being referred to more favorably in the media.
TIM has a beta of 0.93, meaning that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Telefónica has a beta of 0.69, meaning that its share price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500.
TIM pays an annual dividend of $0.66 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Telefónica pays an annual dividend of $0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. TIM pays out 53.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Telefónica pays out -150.0% 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.
TIM has a net margin of 12.12% compared to Telefónica's net margin of -1.57%. TIM's return on equity of 10.94% beat Telefónica's return on equity.
Telefónica received 581 more outperform votes than TIM when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.78% of users gave Telefónica an outperform vote while only 30.23% of users gave TIM an outperform vote.
Summary
TIM beats Telefónica on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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