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.
Quebecor (TSE:QBR.B) and Rogers Communications (TSE:RCI.A) are both mid-cap business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, community ranking, risk, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership and valuation.
In the previous week, Quebecor had 1 more articles in the media than Rogers Communications. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Quebecor and 0 mentions for Rogers Communications. Quebecor's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Rogers Communications'average media sentiment score.
Quebecor has a net margin of 12.37% compared to Rogers Communications' net margin of 2.91%. Quebecor's return on equity of 39.22% beat Rogers Communications' return on equity.
Quebecor pays an annual dividend of C$1.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. Rogers Communications pays an annual dividend of C$2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Quebecor pays out 43.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
53.2% of Quebecor shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.2% of Rogers Communications shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Quebecor shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 97.6% of Rogers Communications shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
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.
Quebecor has a beta of 0.37, indicating that its stock price is 63% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Rogers Communications has a beta of 0.56, indicating that its stock price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Quebecor currently has a consensus target price of C$36.81, suggesting a potential upside of 27.20%. Rogers Communications has a consensus target price of C$65.00, suggesting a potential upside of 11.24%. Given Quebecor's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Quebecor is more favorable than Rogers Communications.
Quebecor has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.
Summary
Quebecor beats Rogers Communications on 15 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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