Head-To-Head Comparison: BCE (NYSE:BCE) & LINK Mobility Group Holding ASA (OTCMKTS:LMGHF)

BCE (NYSE:BCE) and LINK Mobility Group Holding ASA (OTCMKTS:LMGHF) are both utilities companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, profitability, risk, valuation and analyst recommendations.

Profitability

This table compares BCE and LINK Mobility Group Holding ASA’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
BCE	8.39%	17.10%	4.00%
LINK Mobility Group Holding ASA	N/A	N/A	N/A

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current recommendations for BCE and LINK Mobility Group Holding ASA, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
BCE	0	5	2	1	2.50
LINK Mobility Group Holding ASA	0	0	0	0	N/A

BCE currently has a consensus target price of $45.33, suggesting a potential upside of 26.31%. Given BCE’s higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe BCE is more favorable than LINK Mobility Group Holding ASA.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares BCE and LINK Mobility Group Holding ASA’s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
BCE	$18.28 billion	1.79	$1.68 billion	$1.44	24.92
LINK Mobility Group Holding ASA	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

BCE has higher revenue and earnings than LINK Mobility Group Holding ASA.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

41.5% of BCE shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of BCE shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

BCE beats LINK Mobility Group Holding ASA 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 LINK Mobility Group Holding ASA

LINK Mobility Group Holding ASA, together with its subsidiaries, provides mobile and communication-platform-as-a-service solutions. It operates through five segments: Northern Europe, Western Europe, Central Europe, Northern America, and Global Messaging. The company offers mission-critical customer engagement solutions, such as Enterprise Omnichannel Notification System, and API-driven communication for email, A2P SMS, and voice communication services. It also provides Xenioo, a platform to automate conversations between companies and people across a range of text and voice channels; a marketing platform that offers customer engagement, marketing automation, and email and SMS marketing services; long numbers that sends and receives messages; and short codes, a memorable short mobile numbers to allow inbound communications to flow. Its solutions are used in baking and finance, retail and ecommerce, logistics, advertising and marketing, travel and tourism, healthcare, and government and public sector industries. The company was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Oslo, Norway.