VZ vs. T, AMX, TXN, AMAT, INTU, IBM, TMUS, NOW, CSCO, and MU
Should you be buying Verizon Communications stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Verizon Communications include AT&T (T), América Móvil (AMX), Texas Instruments (TXN), Applied Materials (AMAT), Intuit (INTU), International Business Machines (IBM), T-Mobile US (TMUS), ServiceNow (NOW), Cisco Systems (CSCO), and Micron Technology (MU). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Verizon Communications (NYSE:VZ) and AT&T (NYSE:T) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, community ranking, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, profitability and dividends.
AT&T has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Verizon Communications. AT&T is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Verizon Communications, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Verizon Communications has a beta of 0.42, indicating that its share price is 58% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AT&T has a beta of 0.57, indicating that its share price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500.
62.1% of Verizon Communications shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 57.1% of AT&T shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of Verizon Communications shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of AT&T shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
AT&T has a net margin of 11.13% compared to Verizon Communications' net margin of 8.44%. Verizon Communications' return on equity of 20.41% beat AT&T's return on equity.
AT&T received 309 more outperform votes than Verizon Communications when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.96% of users gave AT&T an outperform vote while only 59.02% of users gave Verizon Communications an outperform vote.
In the previous week, AT&T had 12 more articles in the media than Verizon Communications. MarketBeat recorded 49 mentions for AT&T and 37 mentions for Verizon Communications. Verizon Communications' average media sentiment score of 0.62 beat AT&T's score of 0.37 indicating that Verizon Communications is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Verizon Communications currently has a consensus price target of $44.21, indicating a potential upside of 9.79%. AT&T has a consensus price target of $20.81, indicating a potential upside of 20.24%. Given AT&T's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe AT&T is more favorable than Verizon Communications.
Verizon Communications pays an annual dividend of $2.66 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.6%. AT&T pays an annual dividend of $1.11 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.4%. Verizon Communications pays out 99.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. AT&T pays out 59.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Summary
AT&T beats Verizon Communications on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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