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Telefonica Brasil SA ADR VIV

Morningstar Rating
$8.44 +0.13 (1.56%)
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Price vs Fair Value

VIV is trading at a 483% premium.
Price
$8.44
Fair Value
$88.00
Uncertainty
High
1-Star Price
$27.20
5-Star Price
$4.90
Economic Moat
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Capital Allocation
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Bulls Say, Bears Say

Bulls

Vivo is the largest telecom carrier in Brazil and benefits from scale-based cost advantages in both the wireless and fixed-line markets.

Bears

The telecom market in Brazil has been plagued by price wars that have prohibited all carriers from consistently earning economic profits.

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Trading Information

Previous Close Price
$8.31
Day Range
$8.398.52
52-Week Range
$8.0211.43
Bid/Ask
$8.37 / $10.89
Market Cap
$13.93 Bil
Volume/Avg
969,874 / 882,084

Key Statistics

Price/Earnings (Normalized)
12.77
Price/Sales
1.30
Dividend Yield (Trailing)
5.95%
Dividend Yield (Forward)
5.95%
Total Yield
6.56%

Company Profile

Telefonica Brasil, known as Vivo, is the largest wireless carrier in Brazil with 99 million customers, which is equal to about 40% market share. The firm is strongest in the postpaid business, where it has 62 million customers, or about 42% share of this market. Wireless services and equipment contribute about 70% of total revenue. Vivo is the incumbent fixed-line telephone operator in Sao Paulo state and, following the acquisition of GVT, the owner of an extensive fiber network across the country. The firm provides internet access to 6.6 million households on this network. The firm also sells pay-tv and phone services to its fixed-line customers. Finally, corporate data and IT services, including cloud computing support, contribute about 8% of total revenue.
Sector
Communication Services
Industry
Telecom Services
Stock Style Box
Large Value
Total Number of Employees
35,039

Competitors

Valuation

Metric
VIV
TIMB
AMX
Price/Earnings (Normalized)
12.7714.7916.95
Price/Book Value
1.021.412.28
Price/Sales
1.301.431.17
Price/Cash Flow
3.713.114.01
Price/Earnings
VIV
TIMB
AMX

Financial Strength

Metric
VIV
TIMB
AMX
Quick Ratio
0.820.690.58
Current Ratio
1.010.810.68
Interest Coverage
5.791.812.40
Quick Ratio
VIV
TIMB
AMX

Profitability

Metric
VIV
TIMB
AMX
Return on Assets (Normalized)
5.39%5.71%4.39%
Return on Equity (Normalized)
9.46%12.46%19.02%
Return on Invested Capital (Normalized)
7.92%10.98%10.93%
Return on Assets
VIV
TIMB
AMX
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