Cogeco Communications (CCA) Competitors

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

Do analysts rate BTO or CCA?

B2Gold presently has a consensus target price of C$5.94, indicating a potential upside of 27.65%. Cogeco Communications has a consensus target price of C$76.10, indicating a potential upside of 16.06%. Given B2Gold's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe B2Gold is more favorable than Cogeco Communications.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
B2Gold	1 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.56
Cogeco Communications	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.78

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 4.7%. Cogeco Communications pays an annual dividend of C$3.42 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. B2Gold pays out -25.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Cogeco Communications pays out 41.4% 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.

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

62.4% of B2Gold shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 43.4% of Cogeco Communications shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of B2Gold shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Cogeco Communications 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.

Is BTO or CCA 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
B2Gold	-38.20%	-20.27%	6.33%
Cogeco Communications	11.68%	11.56%	4.96%

Does the media favor BTO or CCA?

In the previous week, Cogeco Communications had 2 more articles in the media than B2Gold. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Cogeco Communications and 14 mentions for B2Gold. B2Gold's average media sentiment score of 0.44 beat Cogeco Communications' score of -0.03 indicating that B2Gold is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
B2Gold	5 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Cogeco Communications	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has better earnings and valuation, 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$1.47B	2.92	-C$563.17M	-C$0.87	-5.35
Cogeco Communications	C$2.97B	0.93	C$346.48M	C$8.26	7.94

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in BTO or CCA?

B2Gold received 453 more outperform votes than Cogeco Communications when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 79.98% of users gave B2Gold an outperform vote while only 59.08% of users gave Cogeco Communications an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
B2Gold	Outperform Votes 863 79.98%	Underperform Votes 216 20.02%
Cogeco Communications	Outperform Votes 410 59.08%	Underperform Votes 284 40.92%

Which has more risk & volatility, BTO or CCA?

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

Summary

B2Gold and Cogeco Communications tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.