QBR.B vs. RCI.A, QBR.A, 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.A), 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.B) are both mid-cap business services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, community ranking, profitability, risk and earnings.
In the previous week, Quebecor had 2 more articles in the media than Rogers Communications. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Quebecor and 1 mentions for Rogers Communications. Rogers Communications' average media sentiment score of 0.80 beat Quebecor's score of 0.34 indicating that Quebecor is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Quebecor received 424 more outperform votes than Rogers Communications when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 78.53% 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 held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 53.2% of Quebecor shares are held by institutional investors. 97.6% of Rogers Communications shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Quebecor shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Rogers Communications presently has a consensus price target of C$65.00, suggesting a potential upside of 11.11%. Quebecor has a consensus price target of C$36.81, suggesting a potential upside of 28.04%. Given Rogers Communications' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Quebecor is more favorable than Rogers Communications.
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.
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.
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 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.
Summary
Quebecor beats Rogers Communications on 16 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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