TU vs. AMX, CHT, WBD, FWONK, TEF, FOXA, VOD, BCE, FOX, and TME
Should you be buying TELUS stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of TELUS include América Móvil (AMX), Chunghwa Telecom (CHT), Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), Formula One Group (FWONK), Telefónica (TEF), FOX (FOXA), Vodafone Group Public (VOD), BCE (BCE), FOX (FOX), and Tencent Music Entertainment Group (TME). These companies are all part of the "communication" industry.
TELUS vs.
TELUS (NYSE:TU) and América Móvil (NYSE:AMX) are both large-cap utilities companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, profitability, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
In the previous week, TELUS had 1 more articles in the media than América Móvil. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for TELUS and 6 mentions for América Móvil. TELUS's average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat América Móvil's score of 0.06 indicating that TELUS is being referred to more favorably in the media.
TELUS has a net margin of 4.56% compared to América Móvil's net margin of 4.45%. TELUS's return on equity of 8.80% beat América Móvil's return on equity.
América Móvil received 80 more outperform votes than TELUS when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.65% of users gave América Móvil an outperform vote while only 59.78% of users gave TELUS an outperform vote.
TELUS has a beta of 0.74, indicating that its share price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, América Móvil has a beta of 0.93, indicating that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.
TELUS presently has a consensus target price of $26.00, suggesting a potential upside of 86.45%. América Móvil has a consensus target price of $18.98, suggesting a potential upside of 35.78%. Given TELUS's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe TELUS is more favorable than América Móvil.
49.4% of TELUS shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.3% of América Móvil shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of TELUS shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of América Móvil shares are held by company 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.
TELUS pays an annual dividend of $1.14 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.2%. América Móvil pays an annual dividend of $0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. TELUS pays out 242.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. América Móvil pays out 35.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
América Móvil has higher revenue and earnings than TELUS. América Móvil is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than TELUS, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
TELUS beats América Móvil on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:TU) was last updated on 1/17/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
