B2Gold (BTO) Competitors

Cogeco Communications (TSE:CCA) and B2Gold (TSE:BTO) are both mid-cap communication services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment, dividends, valuation, community ranking, analyst recommendations, risk and earnings.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of CCA or BTO?

43.4% of Cogeco Communications shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 62.4% of B2Gold shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Cogeco Communications shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of B2Gold shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media favor CCA or BTO?

In the previous week, B2Gold had 4 more articles in the media than Cogeco Communications. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for B2Gold and 0 mentions for Cogeco Communications. Cogeco Communications' average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat B2Gold's score of -0.20 indicating that Cogeco Communications is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Cogeco Communications	Neutral
B2Gold	Neutral

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, CCA or BTO?

Cogeco Communications has higher revenue and earnings than B2Gold. B2Gold is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cogeco Communications, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Cogeco Communications	C$2.97B	0.92	C$346.48M	C$8.26	7.89
B2Gold	C$1.47B	2.51	-C$563.17M	-C$0.87	-4.60

Which has more risk and volatility, CCA or BTO?

Cogeco Communications has a beta of 0.59, meaning that its stock price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, B2Gold has a beta of 1.23, meaning that its stock price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is CCA or BTO a better dividend stock?

Cogeco Communications pays an annual dividend of C$3.42 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. B2Gold pays an annual dividend of C$0.22 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.5%. Cogeco Communications pays out 41.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. B2Gold pays out -25.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. B2Gold is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Is CCA or BTO more profitable?

Cogeco Communications has a net margin of 11.68% compared to B2Gold's net margin of -38.20%. Cogeco Communications' return on equity of 11.56% beat B2Gold's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Cogeco Communications	11.68%	11.56%	4.96%
B2Gold	-38.20%	-20.27%	6.33%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CCA or BTO?

B2Gold received 453 more outperform votes than Cogeco Communications when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 80.11% of users gave B2Gold an outperform vote while only 59.19% of users gave Cogeco Communications an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Cogeco Communications	Outperform Votes 409 59.19%	Underperform Votes 282 40.81%
B2Gold	Outperform Votes 862 80.11%	Underperform Votes 214 19.89%

Do analysts rate CCA or BTO?

Cogeco Communications currently has a consensus price target of C$76.17, suggesting a potential upside of 16.87%. B2Gold has a consensus price target of C$5.91, suggesting a potential upside of 47.81%. Given B2Gold's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe B2Gold is more favorable than Cogeco Communications.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Cogeco Communications	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75
B2Gold	1 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Summary

B2Gold beats Cogeco Communications on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.