BCE (NYSE:BCE – Get Free Report) and Telesites (OTCMKTS:TSSLF – Get Free Report) are both communication services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, risk, dividends, earnings and analyst recommendations.
Institutional & Insider Ownership
41.5% of BCE shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of BCE shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Analyst Ratings
This is a summary of current ratings and price targets for BCE and Telesites, as provided by MarketBeat.
Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
BCE | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2.50 |
Telesites | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A |
Earnings & Valuation
This table compares BCE and Telesites’ top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
BCE | $24.57 billion | 1.30 | $1.68 billion | $1.44 | 24.28 |
Telesites | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
BCE has higher revenue and earnings than Telesites.
Profitability
This table compares BCE and Telesites’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
BCE | 8.39% | 16.88% | 4.02% |
Telesites | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Summary
BCE beats Telesites on 9 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.
About BCE
BCE Inc., a communications company, provides wireless, wireline, Internet, and television (TV) services to residential, business, and wholesale customers in Canada. The company operates through two segments, Bell Communication and Technology Services, and Bell Media. The Bell Communication and Technology Services segment provides wireless products and services including mobile data and voice plans and devices; wireline products and services comprising data, including internet access, internet protocol television, cloud-based services, and business solutions, as well as voice, and other communication services and products; and satellite TV and connectivity services for residential, small and medium-sized business, government, and large enterprise customers. This segment also buys and sells local telephone, long distance, and data and other services from or to resellers and other carriers; and operates consumer electronics retail stores. The Bell Media segment provides conventional TV, specialty TV, pay TV, streaming services, digital media services, radio broadcasting services, and out-of-home advertising services. BCE Inc. was founded in 1880 and is headquartered in Verdun, Canada.
About Telesites
Telesites SAB de CV provides wireless telecommunications services. The firm’s solutions include infrastructure leasing and BTS site building. It constructs, install, maintain, operate and market various types of towers and other supporting structures and physical spaces and other non-electronic components for the installation of radiant radio equipment that make up its infrastructure sites, as well as providing other related services directly or indirectly related to the telecommunications sector. The company was founded on October 19, 2015 and is headquartered in Miguel Hidalgo, Mexico.
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