QBR.A vs. RCI.A, QBR.B, CCA, CGO, TGO, USS, ADYA, BCE, T, and RCI.B
Should you be buying Quebecor stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Quebecor include Rogers Communications (RCI.A), Quebecor (QBR.B), Cogeco Communications (CCA), Cogeco (CGO), TeraGo (TGO), Uniserve Communications (USS), Adya (ADYA), BCE (BCE), TELUS (T), and Rogers Communications (RCI.B). These companies are all part of the "telecom services" industry.
Rogers Communications (TSE:RCI.A) and Quebecor (TSE:QBR.A) are both mid-cap business services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, community ranking and earnings.
Rogers Communications pays an annual dividend of C$2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Quebecor pays an annual dividend of C$1.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. Rogers Communications pays out 185.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Quebecor pays out 43.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Quebecor is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Quebecor has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Rogers Communications. Quebecor is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Rogers Communications, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Rogers Communications has a beta of 0.56, indicating that its stock price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Quebecor has a beta of 0.37, indicating that its stock price is 63% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Rogers Communications received 27 more outperform votes than Quebecor when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.67% of users gave Quebecor an outperform vote while only 61.11% of users gave Rogers Communications an outperform vote.
0.2% of Rogers Communications shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 4.9% of Quebecor shares are owned by institutional investors. 97.6% of Rogers Communications shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 91.1% of Quebecor shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Rogers Communications currently has a consensus price target of C$65.00, suggesting a potential upside of 11.11%. Given Quebecor's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Rogers Communications is more favorable than Quebecor.
In the previous week, Rogers Communications had 1 more articles in the media than Quebecor. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Rogers Communications and 0 mentions for Quebecor. Quebecor's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Rogers Communications' score of 0.00 indicating that Rogers Communications is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Quebecor has a net margin of 12.37% compared to Quebecor's net margin of 2.91%. Rogers Communications' return on equity of 39.22% beat Quebecor's return on equity.
Summary
Quebecor beats Rogers Communications on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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