VZ vs. T, AMX, IBM, AMAT, INTU, QCOM, NOW, TXN, UBER, and INTC
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), International Business Machines (IBM), Applied Materials (AMAT), Intuit (INTU), QUALCOMM (QCOM), ServiceNow (NOW), Texas Instruments (TXN), Uber Technologies (UBER), and Intel (INTC). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
AT&T (NYSE:T) and Verizon Communications (NYSE:VZ) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, media sentiment, risk, profitability, earnings and institutional ownership.
57.1% of AT&T shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 62.1% of Verizon Communications shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of AT&T shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Verizon Communications shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
AT&T pays an annual dividend of $1.11 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.6%. Verizon Communications pays an annual dividend of $2.66 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.7%. AT&T pays out 59.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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. Verizon Communications has increased its dividend for 19 consecutive years. Verizon Communications is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
In the previous week, Verizon Communications had 33 more articles in the media than AT&T. MarketBeat recorded 101 mentions for Verizon Communications and 68 mentions for AT&T. Verizon Communications' average media sentiment score of 0.52 beat AT&T's score of 0.49 indicating that AT&T is being referred to more favorably in the media.
AT&T has a beta of 0.57, suggesting that its share price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Verizon Communications has a beta of 0.41, suggesting that its share price is 59% less volatile than the S&P 500.
AT&T received 309 more outperform votes than Verizon Communications when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.98% of users gave AT&T an outperform vote while only 59.00% of users gave Verizon Communications an outperform vote.
AT&T has a net margin of 11.13% compared to AT&T's net margin of 8.44%. AT&T's return on equity of 20.41% beat Verizon Communications' return on equity.
AT&T has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.
AT&T presently has a consensus target price of $20.81, indicating a potential upside of 24.26%. Verizon Communications has a consensus target price of $44.21, indicating a potential upside of 11.43%. Given Verizon Communications' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe AT&T is more favorable than Verizon Communications.
Summary
AT&T and Verizon Communications tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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