BCE vs. T, RCI.B, SJR.B, RCI.A, QBR.B, QBR.A, CCA, CGO, TGO, and USS
Should you be buying BCE stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BCE include TELUS (T), Rogers Communications (RCI.B), 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 TELUS (TSE:T) are both large-cap communication services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment, profitability, earnings, risk and community ranking.
BCE has a beta of 0.44, suggesting that its share price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TELUS has a beta of 0.67, suggesting that its share price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500.
TELUS received 143 more outperform votes than BCE when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.65% of users gave TELUS an outperform vote while only 49.19% of users gave BCE an outperform vote.
BCE presently has a consensus target price of C$52.15, indicating a potential upside of 11.87%. TELUS has a consensus target price of C$25.48, indicating a potential upside of 13.70%. Given TELUS's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe TELUS is more favorable than BCE.
BCE has a net margin of 7.88% compared to TELUS's net margin of 4.20%. BCE's return on equity of 9.36% beat TELUS's return on equity.
BCE has higher revenue and earnings than TELUS. BCE is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than TELUS, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
BCE pays an annual dividend of C$3.99 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.6%. TELUS pays an annual dividend of C$1.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.7%. 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. TELUS pays out 288.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. BCE is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, BCE had 5 more articles in the media than TELUS. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for BCE and 4 mentions for TELUS. TELUS's average media sentiment score of 0.38 beat BCE's score of -0.01 indicating that TELUS is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
43.0% of BCE shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 56.5% of TELUS shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of BCE shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of TELUS shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
BCE beats TELUS on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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