VOD vs. SKM, WDC, MSTR, GIB, PINS, ASX, HPE, GFS, PTC, and KEYS
Should you be buying Vodafone Group Public stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Vodafone Group Public include SK Telecom (SKM), Western Digital (WDC), MicroStrategy (MSTR), CGI (GIB), Pinterest (PINS), ASE Technology (ASX), Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE), GLOBALFOUNDRIES (GFS), PTC (PTC), and Keysight Technologies (KEYS). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
SK Telecom (NYSE:SKM) and Vodafone Group Public (NASDAQ:VOD) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, earnings, dividends, risk, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.
SK Telecom pays an annual dividend of $1.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.6%. Vodafone Group Public pays an annual dividend of $0.94 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.7%. SK Telecom pays out 309.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Vodafone Group Public received 951 more outperform votes than SK Telecom when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.63% of users gave Vodafone Group Public an outperform vote while only 64.95% of users gave SK Telecom an outperform vote.
SK Telecom has a net margin of 6.19% compared to SK Telecom's net margin of 0.00%. Vodafone Group Public's return on equity of 8.78% beat SK Telecom's return on equity.
Vodafone Group Public has a consensus target price of $14.45, suggesting a potential upside of 65.14%. Given SK Telecom's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Vodafone Group Public is more favorable than SK Telecom.
In the previous week, Vodafone Group Public had 8 more articles in the media than SK Telecom. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Vodafone Group Public and 2 mentions for SK Telecom. SK Telecom's average media sentiment score of 0.46 beat Vodafone Group Public's score of 0.00 indicating that Vodafone Group Public is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
7.8% of Vodafone Group Public shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of SK Telecom shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Vodafone Group Public shares are held by company 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.
SK Telecom has a beta of 0.74, meaning that its share price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vodafone Group Public has a beta of 0.76, meaning that its share price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Vodafone Group Public has higher revenue and earnings than SK Telecom.
Summary
Vodafone Group Public beats SK Telecom on 13 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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