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 superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation 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.
0.2% of Rogers Communications shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 4.9% of Quebecor shares are held by institutional investors. 97.6% of Rogers Communications shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 91.1% of Quebecor shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Quebecor's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Rogers Communications'average media sentiment score.
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.
Rogers Communications presently has a consensus target price of C$65.00, indicating a potential upside of 9.72%. Given Quebecor's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Rogers Communications is more favorable than Quebecor.
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.
Rogers Communications has a beta of 0.56, meaning that its stock price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Quebecor has a beta of 0.37, meaning that its stock price is 63% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Quebecor beats Rogers Communications on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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