T vs. VZ, AMX, LRCX, MU, INTC, ABNB, UBER, ADI, KLAC, and NOW
Should you be buying AT&T stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of AT&T include Verizon Communications (VZ), América Móvil (AMX), Lam Research (LRCX), Micron Technology (MU), Intel (INTC), Airbnb (ABNB), Uber Technologies (UBER), Analog Devices (ADI), KLA (KLAC), and ServiceNow (NOW). 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 profitability, risk, media sentiment, valuation, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends and community ranking.
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 endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Verizon Communications pays an annual dividend of $2.66 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.8%. AT&T pays an annual dividend of $1.11 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.6%. 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. Verizon Communications has raised 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.
Verizon Communications currently has a consensus price target of $44.21, indicating a potential upside of 13.69%. AT&T has a consensus price target of $20.81, indicating a potential upside of 23.49%. Given Verizon Communications' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe AT&T is more favorable than Verizon Communications.
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.
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 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.
Verizon Communications has a beta of 0.42, meaning that its stock price is 58% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AT&T has a beta of 0.57, meaning that its stock price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, AT&T had 35 more articles in the media than Verizon Communications. MarketBeat recorded 76 mentions for AT&T and 41 mentions for Verizon Communications. AT&T's average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat Verizon Communications' score of 0.46 indicating that Verizon Communications is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
AT&T beats Verizon Communications on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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