BCE (BCE) Competitors

BCE (TSE:BCE) and TELUS (TSE:T) are both large-cap communication services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, earnings, risk, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking and analyst recommendations.

Is BCE or T more profitable?

TELUS has a net margin of 4.62% compared to BCE's net margin of 1.10%. TELUS's return on equity of 5.80% beat BCE's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
BCE	1.10%	1.39%	4.82%
TELUS	4.62%	5.80%	3.58%

Do analysts rate BCE or T?

BCE presently has a consensus target price of C$40.42, indicating a potential upside of 20.97%. TELUS has a consensus target price of C$23.00, indicating a potential upside of 5.41%. Given BCE's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe BCE is more favorable than TELUS.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
BCE	2 Sell rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.92
TELUS	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.38

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in BCE or T?

43.7% of BCE shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 56.0% of TELUS shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of BCE shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of TELUS shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, BCE or T?

TELUS has lower revenue, but higher earnings than BCE. TELUS is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BCE, 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
BCE	C$24.29B	1.25	C$268.07M	C$0.30	112.08
TELUS	C$20.15B	1.63	C$931.40M	C$0.62	35.40

Does the media refer more to BCE or T?

In the previous week, TELUS had 7 more articles in the media than BCE. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for TELUS and 7 mentions for BCE. TELUS's average media sentiment score of 0.61 beat BCE's score of 0.35 indicating that TELUS is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
BCE	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
TELUS	2 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is BCE or T a better dividend stock?

BCE pays an annual dividend of C$3.99 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.9%. TELUS pays an annual dividend of C$1.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.1%. BCE pays out 1,338.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. TELUS pays out 253.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer BCE or T?

TELUS received 152 more outperform votes than BCE when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.15% of users gave TELUS an outperform vote while only 47.14% of users gave BCE an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
BCE	Outperform Votes 429 47.14%	Underperform Votes 481 52.86%
TELUS	Outperform Votes 581 63.15%	Underperform Votes 339 36.85%

Which has more volatility & risk, BCE or T?

BCE has a beta of 0.48, suggesting that its share price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TELUS has a beta of 0.72, suggesting that its share price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

TELUS beats BCE on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.