BCE (NYSE:BCE) & Alvarion (OTCMKTS:ALVRQ) Head-To-Head Survey

BCE (NYSE:BCE) and Alvarion (OTCMKTS:ALVRQ) 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, earnings, risk, profitability, dividends, valuation and analyst recommendations.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations for BCE and Alvarion, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
BCE	0	5	6	0	2.55
Alvarion	0	0	0	0	0.00

BCE presently has a consensus price target of $29.25, indicating a potential upside of 23.44%. Given BCE’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe BCE is more favorable than Alvarion.

Profitability

This table compares BCE and Alvarion’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
BCE	25.49%	12.90%	3.25%
Alvarion	N/A	N/A	N/A

Insider & Institutional Ownership

41.5% of BCE shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of BCE shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Alvarion shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares BCE and Alvarion”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
BCE	$17.51 billion	1.26	$4.62 billion	$4.89	4.85
Alvarion	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

BCE has higher revenue and earnings than Alvarion.

Volatility and Risk

BCE has a beta of 0.51, indicating that its share price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alvarion has a beta of -1.55, indicating that its share price is 255% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

BCE beats Alvarion on 9 of the 10 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 Alvarion

Alvarion Ltd. provides autonomous Wi-Fi network products worldwide. The company designs solutions for carrier Wi-Fi, enterprise connectivity, smart city, smart hospitality, and connected campuses and events. It offers BreezeACCESS, a wireless broadband access solution for license-exempt frequencies; BreezeMAX Extreme, a WiMAX 16e wireless broadband technology; BreezeNET, a point-to-point and point-to-multipoint networking solution for connecting buildings, campuses, industrial zones, and remote sites; and BreezeULTRA, a family of wireless broadband products that operate in the 4.95.9 GHz unlicensed frequency band. The company also provides WBS and WBSn, which are carrier-grade outdoor Wi-Fi base stations; WBSac, a carrier-grade Wi-Fi solution for buildings, workplaces, universities, schools, hospitals, hotels, and large stores; Arena Controller, a Wi-Fi cloud controller that acts as mediation device between the operator's control core and the Wi-Fi infrastructure; and Star Management Suite, a set of carrier-class tools, which support the wireless broadband life-cycle – from initial installation to full service provision, and ongoing maintenance and support activities. It serves carriers, local governments, and hospitality sectors. The company was formerly known as BreezeCOM Ltd. and changed its name to Alvarion Ltd. as result of merger with Floware Wireless Systems Ltd. in August 2001. The company was founded in 1992 and is headquartered in Herzliya, Israel. Alvarion Ltd. is a subsidiary of SuperCom Ltd.