RCI.B vs. BCE, T, SJR.B, RCI.A, QBR.B, QBR.A, CCA, CGO, TGO, and USS
Should you be buying Rogers Communications stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Rogers Communications include BCE (BCE), TELUS (T), Shaw Communications (SJR.B), Rogers Communications (RCI.A), Quebecor (QBR.B), Quebecor (QBR.A), Cogeco Communications (CCA), Cogeco (CGO), TeraGo (TGO), and Uniserve Communications (USS). These companies are all part of the "telecom services" industry.
BCE (TSE:BCE) and Rogers Communications (TSE:RCI.B) are both large-cap communication services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, risk, profitability, valuation and earnings.
BCE presently has a consensus target price of C$52.15, indicating a potential upside of 11.87%. Rogers Communications has a consensus target price of C$72.96, indicating a potential upside of 32.48%. Given BCE's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Rogers Communications is more favorable than BCE.
BCE has a beta of 0.44, meaning that its stock price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Rogers Communications has a beta of 0.56, meaning that its stock price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500.
BCE has higher revenue and earnings than Rogers Communications. BCE is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Rogers Communications, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
BCE and Rogers Communications both received 426 outperform votes by MarketBeat users. However, 58.84% of users gave Rogers Communications an outperform vote while only 49.19% of users gave BCE an outperform vote.
BCE has a net margin of 7.88% compared to BCE's net margin of 2.91%. Rogers Communications' return on equity of 9.36% beat BCE's return on equity.
BCE pays an annual dividend of C$3.99 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.6%. Rogers Communications pays an annual dividend of C$2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. BCE pays out 207.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. 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.
43.0% of BCE shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 62.3% of Rogers Communications shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of BCE shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 11.3% of Rogers Communications shares are held 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.
In the previous week, BCE had 7 more articles in the media than Rogers Communications. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for BCE and 2 mentions for Rogers Communications. Rogers Communications' average media sentiment score of 0.05 beat BCE's score of -0.10 indicating that BCE is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
BCE beats Rogers Communications on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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