B Communications (BCOM) Competitors

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

Do analysts prefer SHEN or BCOM?

Shenandoah Telecommunications currently has a consensus price target of $26.00, suggesting a potential upside of 116.58%. Given Shenandoah Telecommunications' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Shenandoah Telecommunications is more favorable than B Communications.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Shenandoah Telecommunications	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
B Communications	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Which has higher earnings and valuation, SHEN or BCOM?

Shenandoah Telecommunications has higher earnings, but lower revenue than B Communications.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Shenandoah Telecommunications	$328.06M	2.00	$8.04M	$3.79	3.17
B Communications	$2.58B	0.07	-$247M	N/A	N/A

Is SHEN or BCOM more profitable?

Shenandoah Telecommunications has a net margin of 58.03% compared to B Communications' net margin of 5.64%. Shenandoah Telecommunications' return on equity of -2.50% beat B Communications' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Shenandoah Telecommunications	58.03%	-2.50%	-1.40%
B Communications	5.64%	-461.79%	3.08%

Which has more risk and volatility, SHEN or BCOM?

Shenandoah Telecommunications has a beta of 0.71, meaning that its stock price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, B Communications has a beta of 2.08, meaning that its stock price is 108% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in SHEN or BCOM?

Shenandoah Telecommunications received 264 more outperform votes than B Communications when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.60% of users gave Shenandoah Telecommunications an outperform vote while only 55.84% of users gave B Communications an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Shenandoah Telecommunications	Outperform Votes 436 67.60%	Underperform Votes 209 32.40%
B Communications	Outperform Votes 172 55.84%	Underperform Votes 136 44.16%

Is SHEN or BCOM a better dividend stock?

Shenandoah Telecommunications pays an annual dividend of $0.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. B Communications pays an annual dividend of $0.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Shenandoah Telecommunications pays out 2.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in SHEN or BCOM?

62.0% of Shenandoah Telecommunications shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.9% of B Communications shares are held by institutional investors. 4.4% of Shenandoah Telecommunications shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media refer more to SHEN or BCOM?

In the previous week, Shenandoah Telecommunications had 4 more articles in the media than B Communications. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Shenandoah Telecommunications and 0 mentions for B Communications. Shenandoah Telecommunications' average media sentiment score of 1.31 beat B Communications' score of 0.00 indicating that Shenandoah Telecommunications is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Shenandoah Telecommunications	Positive
B Communications	Neutral

Summary

Shenandoah Telecommunications beats B Communications on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.