Telefônica Brasil (VIV) Competitors

Orange (NYSE:ORAN) and Telefônica Brasil (NYSE:VIV) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, earnings and risk.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor ORAN or VIV?

Telefônica Brasil received 58 more outperform votes than Orange when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.50% of users gave Telefônica Brasil an outperform vote while only 60.16% of users gave Orange an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Orange	Outperform Votes 308 60.16%	Underperform Votes 204 39.84%
Telefônica Brasil	Outperform Votes 366 60.50%	Underperform Votes 239 39.50%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of ORAN or VIV?

5.2% of Telefônica Brasil shares are owned by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is ORAN or VIV more profitable?

Telefônica Brasil has a net margin of 9.78% compared to Orange's net margin of 0.00%. Telefônica Brasil's return on equity of 7.77% beat Orange's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Orange	N/A	N/A	N/A
Telefônica Brasil	9.78%	7.77%	4.36%

Is ORAN or VIV a better dividend stock?

Orange pays an annual dividend of $0.71 per share. Telefônica Brasil pays an annual dividend of $0.27 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Orange pays out 55.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Telefônica Brasil pays out 42.9% 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. Telefônica Brasil is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has better valuation and earnings, ORAN or VIV?

Orange has higher revenue and earnings than Telefônica Brasil. Orange is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Telefônica Brasil, 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
Orange	$44.61B	0.00	$2.64B	$1.28	N/A
Telefônica Brasil	$10.44B	1.44	$1.01B	$0.63	14.35

Does the media prefer ORAN or VIV?

In the previous week, Orange had 24 more articles in the media than Telefônica Brasil. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for Orange and 1 mentions for Telefônica Brasil. Telefônica Brasil's average media sentiment score of 0.77 beat Orange's score of -0.25 indicating that Telefônica Brasil is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Orange	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	18 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	3 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Telefônica Brasil	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more volatility and risk, ORAN or VIV?

Orange has a beta of 0.22, meaning that its share price is 78% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Telefônica Brasil has a beta of 0.81, meaning that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate ORAN or VIV?

Telefônica Brasil has a consensus price target of $10.97, indicating a potential upside of 21.31%. Given Telefônica Brasil's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Telefônica Brasil is more favorable than Orange.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Orange	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.33
Telefônica Brasil	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Summary

Telefônica Brasil beats Orange on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.