TELUS (TU) Competitors

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

Does the media favor TU or AMX?

In the previous week, TELUS and TELUS both had 10 articles in the media. TELUS's average media sentiment score of 1.52 beat América Móvil's score of 0.93 indicating that TELUS is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
TELUS	10 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
América Móvil	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer TU or AMX?

América Móvil received 87 more outperform votes than TELUS when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.90% 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 515 61.90%	Underperform Votes 317 38.10%

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of 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 company will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts prefer TU or AMX?

América Móvil has a consensus price target of $17.22, suggesting a potential upside of 12.99%. Given América Móvil's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly 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)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.40

Which has more volatility & risk, TU or AMX?

TELUS has a beta of 0.7, suggesting that its stock price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, América Móvil has a beta of 0.79, suggesting that its stock price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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%

Which has higher 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	1.10	$724.69M	$0.49	29.82
América Móvil	$869.22B	0.05	$1.55B	$0.49	31.10

Is TU or AMX a better dividend stock?

TELUS pays an annual dividend of $1.11 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.6%. América Móvil pays an annual dividend of $0.23 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. 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.

Summary

América Móvil beats TELUS on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.