B2Gold (BTO) Competitors

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

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, BTO or CCA?

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
B2Gold	C$1.94B	2.68	-C$140.55M	-C$0.17	-23.35
Cogeco Communications	C$2.97B	0.00	C$340.08M	C$7.84	N/A

Which has more risk & volatility, BTO or CCA?

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

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

62.4% of B2Gold shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 43.4% of Cogeco Communications shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of B2Gold shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Cogeco Communications shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is BTO or CCA more profitable?

Cogeco Communications has a net margin of 11.44% compared to B2Gold's net margin of -7.23%. Cogeco Communications' return on equity of 10.52% beat B2Gold's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
B2Gold	-7.23%	-3.47%	6.33%
Cogeco Communications	11.44%	10.52%	4.96%

Is BTO or CCA a better dividend stock?

B2Gold pays an annual dividend of C$0.22 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.5%. Cogeco Communications pays an annual dividend of C$3.42 per share. B2Gold pays out -129.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Cogeco Communications pays out 43.6% 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.

Do analysts prefer BTO or CCA?

B2Gold presently has a consensus price target of C$5.66, indicating a potential upside of 42.63%. Cogeco Communications has a consensus price target of C$75.50, indicating a potential upside of 0.00%. Given B2Gold's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe B2Gold is more favorable than Cogeco Communications.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
B2Gold	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
Cogeco Communications	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.64

Does the media prefer BTO or CCA?

In the previous week, B2Gold had 13 more articles in the media than Cogeco Communications. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for B2Gold and 2 mentions for Cogeco Communications. Cogeco Communications' average media sentiment score of 1.06 beat B2Gold's score of -0.25 indicating that Cogeco Communications is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
B2Gold	2 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Cogeco Communications	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community favor BTO or CCA?

B2Gold received 452 more outperform votes than Cogeco Communications when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 80.32% of users gave B2Gold an outperform vote while only 59.36% of users gave Cogeco Communications an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
B2Gold	Outperform Votes 861 80.32%	Underperform Votes 211 19.68%
Cogeco Communications	Outperform Votes 409 59.36%	Underperform Votes 280 40.64%

Summary

B2Gold beats Cogeco Communications on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.