RCI.A vs. RCI.B, SJR.B, QBR.B, QBR.A, CCA, CGO, TGO, USS, ADYA, and BCE
Should you be buying Rogers Communications stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Rogers Communications include Rogers Communications (RCI.B), Shaw Communications (SJR.B), Quebecor (QBR.B), Quebecor (QBR.A), Cogeco Communications (CCA), Cogeco (CGO), TeraGo (TGO), Uniserve Communications (USS), Adya (ADYA), and BCE (BCE). These companies are all part of the "telecom services" industry.
Rogers Communications (TSE:RCI.B) and Rogers Communications (TSE:RCI.A) are both business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends and profitability.
In the previous week, Rogers Communications and Rogers Communications both had 2 articles in the media. Rogers Communications' average media sentiment score of 0.34 beat Rogers Communications' score of -0.10 indicating that Rogers Communications is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
62.3% of Rogers Communications shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.2% of Rogers Communications shares are held by institutional investors. 11.3% of Rogers Communications shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 97.6% of Rogers Communications shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Rogers Communications has a beta of 0.56, indicating that its share price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Rogers Communications has a beta of 0.56, indicating that its share price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Rogers Communications pays an annual dividend of C$2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Rogers Communications pays an annual dividend of C$2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. 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. 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.
Rogers Communications 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 currently has a consensus price target of C$72.96, indicating a potential upside of 32.48%. Rogers Communications has a consensus price target of C$65.00, indicating a potential upside of 11.11%. Given Rogers Communications' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Rogers Communications is more favorable than Rogers Communications.
Rogers Communications received 349 more outperform votes than Rogers Communications when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.11% of users gave Rogers Communications an outperform vote while only 58.84% of users gave Rogers Communications an outperform vote.
Summary
Rogers Communications beats Rogers Communications on 7 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This chart shows the average media sentiment of TSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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