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B Communications (BCOM) Competitors

BCOM vs. YORW, GNE, CWCO, ARTNA, PCYO, GWRS, BROG, POLA, ADNWW, and CDZIP

Should you be buying B Communications stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of B Communications include York Water (YORW), Genie Energy (GNE), Consolidated Water (CWCO), Artesian Resources (ARTNA), Pure Cycle (PCYO), Global Water Resources (GWRS), Brooge Energy (BROG), Polar Power (POLA), Advent Technologies (ADNWW), and Cadiz (CDZIP). These companies are all part of the "utilities" sector.

B Communications vs.

York Water (NASDAQ:YORW) and B Communications (NASDAQ:BCOM) are both small-cap utilities companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking, risk, valuation, earnings and dividends.

In the previous week, York Water had 2 more articles in the media than B Communications. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for York Water and 0 mentions for B Communications. York Water's average media sentiment score of 0.58 beat B Communications' score of 0.00 indicating that York Water is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
York Water Positive
B Communications Neutral

York Water has a beta of 0.64, indicating that its share price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, B Communications has a beta of 2.08, indicating that its share price is 108% more volatile than the S&P 500.

49.9% of York Water shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.9% of B Communications shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.3% of York Water shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

York Water received 36 more outperform votes than B Communications when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.14% of users gave York Water an outperform vote while only 55.84% of users gave B Communications an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
York WaterOutperform Votes
208
57.14%
Underperform Votes
156
42.86%
B CommunicationsOutperform Votes
172
55.84%
Underperform Votes
136
44.16%

York Water has higher earnings, but lower revenue than B Communications.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
York Water$71.03M7.16$23.76M$1.4823.91
B Communications$2.58B0.05-$247MN/AN/A

York Water has a net margin of 28.57% compared to B Communications' net margin of 5.64%. York Water's return on equity of 9.44% beat B Communications' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
York Water28.57% 9.44% 3.50%
B Communications 5.64%-461.79%3.08%

York Water pays an annual dividend of $0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. B Communications pays an annual dividend of $0.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. York Water pays out 56.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. York Water has raised its dividend for 26 consecutive years.

Summary

York Water beats B Communications on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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BCOM vs. The Competition

MetricB CommunicationsCommunication Services IndustryUtilities SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$128.23M$2.76B$13.72B$8.84B
Dividend Yield7.31%N/A4.05%4.07%
P/E Ratio1.14N/A99.2614.22
Price / Sales0.0522.1732.6388.42
Price / Cash0.23N/A18.3036.27
Price / Book-2.217.652.316.37
Net Income-$247M-$112.63M$618.84M$225.56M

B Communications Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BCOM
B Communications
N/A$3.44
flat
N/AN/A$128.23M$2.58B1.1410,212
YORW
York Water
4.144 of 5 stars
$35.39
-0.3%
N/A-4.8%$508.55M$71.03M23.99130
GNE
Genie Energy
1.5474 of 5 stars
$15.77
+1.1%
N/A-36.5%$428.94M$428.71M111.51190Positive News
CWCO
Consolidated Water
2.3066 of 5 stars
$26.11
-0.9%
N/A-23.0%$413.58M$180.21M0.00293Analyst Revision
ARTNA
Artesian Resources
4.1263 of 5 stars
$34.08
+0.1%
N/A-18.5%$351.02M$98.86M17.46251News Coverage
PCYO
Pure Cycle
0.9154 of 5 stars
$13.55
+3.4%
N/A+30.5%$326.15M$28.75M27.2940Analyst Upgrade
GWRS
Global Water Resources
N/A$13.06
+1.6%
N/A+9.3%$316.31M$53.03M47.5990
BROG
Brooge Energy
N/A$1.29
-3.7%
N/A-72.7%$113.57M$81.54M0.0023News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Down
POLA
Polar Power
0.6927 of 5 stars
$2.94
+1.7%
N/A-48.0%$7.38M$15.29M-1.25100Analyst Forecast
Stock Split
High Trading Volume
ADNWW
Advent Technologies
N/A$0.01
+19.4%
N/A-81.2%$0.00$7.03M0.00200High Trading Volume
CDZIP
Cadiz
N/A$16.17
+0.1%
N/A+4.7%$0.00$5.54M0.0010

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This page (NASDAQ:BCOM) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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