TIM S.A. vs VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC, two Telecom stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where TIMB and VZ diverge most: on debt / equity, TIMB reads 0.00 and VZ reads 0.27; on revenue growth, TIMB reads +10.3% and VZ reads +2.9%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What TIMB's price implies is a somewhat stretched bet versus history (whole-company basis). What VZ's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | TIMB | VZ |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $22.29 | $42.11 |
| Market cap | $53.8B | $177.3B |
| Sector | Telecom | Telecom |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| P/E | — | 10.3 |
| P/B | — | 1.69 |
| P/S | — | 1.27 |
| EV/EBITDA | — | 4.1 |
| Revenue growth | +10.3% | +2.9% |
| Gross margin | 53.9% | — |
| Operating margin | 23.8% | 23.9% |
| Net margin | 16.2% | 12.5% |
| Return on equity | 18.0% | 16.6% |
| Return on assets | 7.6% | 4.2% |
| Return on invested capital | 25.0% | 16.9% |
| FCF yield | — | 21.1% |
| Dividend yield | — | 6.5% |
| Debt / equity | 0.00 | 0.27 |
| Current ratio | 0.89 | 0.64 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 6.04 | 6.65 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 8 / 9 | 7 / 9 |
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