BCE vs. TEF, VIV, CHT, XEL, ED, PEG, EIX, WEC, PCG, and VST
Should you be buying BCE stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BCE include Telefónica (TEF), Telefônica Brasil (VIV), Chunghwa Telecom (CHT), Xcel Energy (XEL), Consolidated Edison (ED), Public Service Enterprise Group (PEG), Edison International (EIX), WEC Energy Group (WEC), PG&E (PCG), and Vistra (VST). These companies are all part of the "utilities" sector.
BCE (NYSE:BCE) and Telefónica (NYSE:TEF) are both large-cap utilities companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, risk and analyst recommendations.
BCE has a net margin of 8.82% compared to Telefónica's net margin of -2.16%. BCE's return on equity of 17.13% beat Telefónica's return on equity.
BCE currently has a consensus target price of $49.00, suggesting a potential upside of 50.21%. Given BCE's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe BCE is more favorable than Telefónica.
41.5% of BCE shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 1.1% of Telefónica shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of BCE shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Telefónica shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
BCE has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Telefónica. Telefónica is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BCE, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Telefónica received 185 more outperform votes than BCE when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.76% of users gave Telefónica an outperform vote while only 56.61% of users gave BCE an outperform vote.
In the previous week, BCE had 10 more articles in the media than Telefónica. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for BCE and 4 mentions for Telefónica. BCE's average media sentiment score of 0.35 beat Telefónica's score of 0.13 indicating that BCE is being referred to more favorably in the media.
BCE has a beta of 0.56, meaning that its stock price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Telefónica has a beta of 0.7, meaning that its stock price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500.
BCE pays an annual dividend of $2.95 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.0%. Telefónica pays an annual dividend of $0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. BCE pays out 174.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Telefónica pays out -114.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Summary
BCE beats Telefónica on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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