RCI vs. WBD, ROKU, LBRDA, LBRDK, LBTYK, LBTYA, CHTR, K, ONON, and EDR
Should you be buying Rogers Communications stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Rogers Communications include Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), Roku (ROKU), Liberty Broadband (LBRDA), Liberty Broadband (LBRDK), Liberty Global (LBTYK), Liberty Global (LBTYA), Charter Communications (CHTR), Kellanova (K), ON (ONON), and Endeavor Group (EDR). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
Warner Bros. Discovery (NASDAQ:WBD) and Rogers Communications (NYSE:RCI) are both large-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, community ranking, profitability, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.
In the previous week, Warner Bros. Discovery had 51 more articles in the media than Rogers Communications. MarketBeat recorded 60 mentions for Warner Bros. Discovery and 9 mentions for Rogers Communications. Warner Bros. Discovery's average media sentiment score of 1.22 beat Rogers Communications' score of 0.33 indicating that Rogers Communications is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
60.0% of Warner Bros. Discovery shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 45.5% of Rogers Communications shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.8% of Warner Bros. Discovery shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 29.0% of Rogers Communications shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Rogers Communications has a net margin of 2.90% compared to Rogers Communications' net margin of -7.45%. Warner Bros. Discovery's return on equity of 21.92% beat Rogers Communications' return on equity.
Rogers Communications has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Warner Bros. Discovery. Warner Bros. Discovery is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Rogers Communications, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Warner Bros. Discovery currently has a consensus price target of $13.32, suggesting a potential upside of 61.80%. Rogers Communications has a consensus price target of $46.00, suggesting a potential upside of 15.29%. Given Rogers Communications' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Warner Bros. Discovery is more favorable than Rogers Communications.
Rogers Communications received 370 more outperform votes than Warner Bros. Discovery when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 56.82% of users gave Rogers Communications an outperform vote while only 43.68% of users gave Warner Bros. Discovery an outperform vote.
Warner Bros. Discovery has a beta of 1.51, suggesting that its stock price is 51% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Rogers Communications has a beta of 0.63, suggesting that its stock price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Rogers Communications beats Warner Bros. Discovery on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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