CGO vs. TGO, USS, ADYA, BCE, T, RCI.B, SJR.B, RCI.A, QBR.B, and QBR.A
Should you be buying Cogeco stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cogeco include TeraGo (TGO), Uniserve Communications (USS), Adya (ADYA), BCE (BCE), TELUS (T), Rogers Communications (RCI.B), Shaw Communications (SJR.B), Rogers Communications (RCI.A), Quebecor (QBR.B), and Quebecor (QBR.A). These companies are all part of the "telecom services" industry.
TeraGo (TSE:TGO) and Cogeco (TSE:CGO) are both small-cap communication services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.
In the previous week, TeraGo and TeraGo both had 1 articles in the media. TeraGo's average media sentiment score of 0.30 beat Cogeco's score of 0.00 indicating that Cogeco is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
TeraGo received 39 more outperform votes than Cogeco when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.44% of users gave TeraGo an outperform vote while only 66.87% of users gave Cogeco an outperform vote.
Cogeco has higher revenue and earnings than TeraGo. TeraGo is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cogeco, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
TeraGo has a beta of 0.92, suggesting that its stock price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cogeco has a beta of 0.27, suggesting that its stock price is 73% less volatile than the S&P 500.
41.1% of TeraGo shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 33.7% of Cogeco shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of TeraGo shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of Cogeco 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.
Cogeco has a net margin of 1.74% compared to Cogeco's net margin of -50.61%. TeraGo's return on equity of 9.40% beat Cogeco's return on equity.
TeraGo currently has a consensus price target of C$2.60, indicating a potential upside of 9.70%. Cogeco has a consensus price target of C$82.00, indicating a potential upside of 72.81%. Given TeraGo's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Cogeco is more favorable than TeraGo.
Summary
Cogeco beats TeraGo on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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