VIV vs. AMX, CHT, FOXA, WBD, FWONK, TEF, FOX, TME, TU, and BCE
Should you be buying Telefônica Brasil stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Telefônica Brasil include América Móvil (AMX), Chunghwa Telecom (CHT), FOX (FOXA), Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), Formula One Group (FWONK), Telefónica (TEF), FOX (FOX), Tencent Music Entertainment Group (TME), TELUS (TU), and BCE (BCE). These companies are all part of the "communication" industry.
Telefônica Brasil vs.
América Móvil (NYSE:AMX) and Telefônica Brasil (NYSE:VIV) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, risk and analyst recommendations.
América Móvil received 140 more outperform votes than Telefônica Brasil when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.71% of users gave América Móvil an outperform vote while only 60.62% of users gave Telefônica Brasil an outperform vote.
6.3% of América Móvil shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 5.2% of Telefônica Brasil shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of América Móvil shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Telefônica Brasil has a net margin of 9.78% compared to América Móvil's net margin of 3.25%. Telefônica Brasil's return on equity of 7.77% beat América Móvil's return on equity.
América Móvil pays an annual dividend of $0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Telefônica Brasil pays an annual dividend of $0.29 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. América Móvil pays out 49.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Telefônica Brasil pays out 46.0% 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. Telefônica Brasil is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
América Móvil presently has a consensus target price of $17.15, suggesting a potential upside of 16.79%. Telefônica Brasil has a consensus target price of $10.47, suggesting a potential upside of 14.20%. Given América Móvil's higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe América Móvil is more favorable than Telefônica Brasil.
In the previous week, América Móvil had 6 more articles in the media than Telefônica Brasil. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for América Móvil and 2 mentions for Telefônica Brasil. Telefônica Brasil's average media sentiment score of 0.34 beat América Móvil's score of 0.15 indicating that Telefônica Brasil is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
América Móvil has a beta of 0.93, suggesting that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Telefônica Brasil has a beta of 0.79, suggesting that its stock price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500.
América Móvil has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Telefônica Brasil. Telefônica Brasil is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than América Móvil, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
América Móvil beats Telefônica Brasil on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:VIV) was last updated on 2/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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