Verdict: Side-by-side breakdown using the Bull Rankings model. ATEX scored 51.4, TMUS scored 71.9 — TMUS leads.
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ATEX
Anterix Inc.
Telecom Services · Quality-Growth
51.4
$84.53 · $1.7B
fundamentals as of
Score gap
20.5
TMUS leads
TMUS
T-Mobile US, Inc.
Telecom Services · Quality-Growth
71.9
$148.58 · $159.4B
fundamentals as of
At a glance · who leads each dimension, on the model's own rules
CheapestTMUS17.9x
Fastest growthTMUS+9.7%
Strongest balance sheetATEX0.01
Highest qualityATEX77 / 100
Largest discount to fair valueTMUS-49%
Side by side · every name on one set of axes
Growth against the P/E multiple. Up and to the right is cheaper and faster — the quality-growth idea in one picture. Points beyond the axis are pinned to the edge and marked off-scale rather than allowed to compress everything else.
The model, pillar by pillar (0–100 each)
ATEX
stronger →← stronger
TMUS
77
Qualityreturns · margins · balance sheet
74
63
Growthrevenue & earnings expansion
71
28
Valuevaluation vs sector peers
71
TMUS is stronger on 2 of 3 pillars.
Fundamentals, head-to-head
ATEX
TMUS
$11mC-
FCF
$18.4bA-
+7.8%B
Rev
+9.7%B
0.01A
D/E
2.14C
24.2xB
P/E
17.9xB
—
PEG
0.61A-
Winner per row is the stronger grade; where grades tie, the better figure breaks it. A true tie or a missing value shows no highlight.
Valuation · DCF cross-check
ATEX
TMUS
511% above
Price vs fair valuelower is cheaper
49% below
>60%/yr
Growth the price impliesyr-1 FCF growth, fading to 4% · lower = less priced in
~-9%/yr
-87%
1-yr DCF upside
+81%
-84%
5-yr DCF upside
+95%
-76%
10-yr DCF upside
+118%
The DCF is a cross-check on intrinsic value, separate from the quality-growth score above.
Model signals
ATEX
Why this score
Diluting shareholders
TMUS
Why this score
Buying back stock
Raising its dividend
The companies
ATEXAnterix Inc.
Telecom Services · $84.53 · beta 0.89
Why now
Telecom Services · market cap $1.7b. Down 25% from 52-week high of $113.00 — deep drawdown territory. 3 sell-side analysts rate this a Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $112.33 (implying +33% upside).
Moat
ROE 23% is above 15% — the equity base is compounding at a rate the market struggles to discount accurately.
Risk
Mature compounder — the risk is paying up for quality at a moment when growth is decelerating. Watch for sequential revenue + margin trends; the inflection from "compounder" to "ex-compounder" is hard to spot until the multiple already started compressing.
TMUST-Mobile US, Inc.
Telecom Services · $148.58 · beta 0.32
Why now
Telecom Services · market cap $159.4b. Down 36% from 52-week high of $230.65 — deep drawdown territory. PEG 0.61 — paying under fair value for the growth rate. 25 sell-side analysts rate this a Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $241.24 (implying +62% upside).
Moat
ROE 19% is above 15% — the equity base is compounding at a rate the market struggles to discount accurately. FCF converts 174% of net income — earnings translate cleanly into cash. $159.4b market cap gives the company enough scale to absorb fixed costs that subscale competitors can't, without yet being so large that growth has to come from acquisition.
Risk
D/E 2.14 is elevated — limits strategic flexibility and raises refinancing exposure if rates stay higher for longer. Down 36% from the 52-week high — the market is pricing in something the screen can't see; verify the bear case before sizing up.
Verdict — model-derived comparison
TMUS leads ATEX by 24.2 points (71.5 to 47.3), its sharpest advantage coming in FCF (grade A-). A contrarian could still prefer ATEX for its stronger D/E (grade A). Note they play different roles — ATEX screens as growth, TMUS screens as value — so the model rewards different traits for each.
Our AI analyst is busy right now, so this verdict is drawn directly from the pillars, grades and DCF above.
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Where ATEX and TMUS diverge
On the headline score the gap is 20.5 points in favor of TMUS. They get there differently, though — each leads on a different pillar, so the better pick depends on which you weight.
ValueATEX 27.9 · TMUS 71.0TMUS +43.1
GrowthATEX 63.2 · TMUS 71.0TMUS +7.8
QualityATEX 77.1 · TMUS 73.9ATEX +3.2
Pillars run 0–100. Value is judged against each company's own sector, so a Value score is a statement about a company relative to its own industry rather than to the other name here. A wide Value gap usually means the market already prices the difference in quality or growth — which is the trade-off this comparison comes down to.
Common questions
Is TMUS or ATEX the better stock?
TMUS scores higher: TMUS 71.9, ATEX 51.4 out of 100 on the Bull Rankings quality-growth score, which blends business quality, growth and valuation into one number. A higher score means a stronger business at a more reasonable price — it is not a price target or a recommendation.
Where do TMUS and ATEX differ most?
The widest gap is value, where TMUS leads by 43 points on the 0–100 pillar scale. Neither name sweeps: they trade the lead across the three pillars, so the comparison is a trade-off rather than one being better on every measure.
How are TMUS and ATEX scored?
Each carries the same 0–100 quality-growth score used everywhere on the site, built from three pillars — quality (profitability and returns on capital), growth (revenue and earnings), and value (what you pay for them) — combined as a geometric mean, so a weak pillar cannot be papered over by a strong one.
How current is this comparison?
The whole universe is re-scored every trading day after the US market close, so the scores and fundamentals here reflect the latest published edition.