TELUS (TU) Competitors

TELUS (NYSE:TU) and América Móvil (NYSE:AMX) are both large-cap utilities companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment, earnings, risk, dividends, valuation and analyst recommendations.

Does the media favor TU or AMX?

In the previous week, TELUS had 12 more articles in the media than América Móvil. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for TELUS and 3 mentions for América Móvil. América Móvil's average media sentiment score of 1.63 beat TELUS's score of 0.46 indicating that América Móvil is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
TELUS	8 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
América Móvil	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Is TU or AMX a better dividend stock?

TELUS pays an annual dividend of $1.11 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.0%. América Móvil pays an annual dividend of $0.23 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. TELUS pays out 226.5% 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 46.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Is TU or AMX more profitable?

TELUS has a net margin of 4.85% compared to América Móvil's net margin of 3.25%. TELUS's return on equity of 9.07% beat América Móvil's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
TELUS	4.85%	9.07%	2.68%
América Móvil	3.25%	6.38%	1.62%

Do analysts rate TU or AMX?

América Móvil has a consensus price target of $17.15, indicating a potential upside of 20.10%. Given América Móvil's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe América Móvil is more favorable than TELUS.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
TELUS	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.17
América Móvil	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in TU or AMX?

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 insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of América Móvil shares are held 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.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor TU or AMX?

América Móvil received 86 more outperform votes than TELUS when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.85% of users gave América Móvil an outperform vote while only 59.53% of users gave TELUS an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
TELUS	Outperform Votes 428 59.53%	Underperform Votes 291 40.47%
América Móvil	Outperform Votes 514 61.85%	Underperform Votes 317 38.15%

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, TU or AMX?

América Móvil has higher revenue and earnings than TELUS. TELUS is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than América Móvil, 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
TELUS	$20.14B	1.05	$724.69M	$0.49	28.39
América Móvil	$869.22B	0.05	$1.55B	$0.49	29.14

Which has more volatility & risk, TU or AMX?

TELUS has a beta of 0.72, indicating that its share price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, América Móvil has a beta of 0.95, indicating that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

América Móvil beats TELUS on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.