RCI.B vs. T, BCE, SJR.B, RCI.A, GTT, NLN, ZCH, AMX, I, and P
Should you be buying Rogers Communications stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Rogers Communications include TELUS (T), BCE (BCE), Shaw Communications (SJR.B), Rogers Communications (RCI.A), GT Gold (GTT), NeuLion (NLN), BMO MSCI China ESG Leaders Index ETF (ZCH), Amex Exploration (AMX), Intellipharmaceutics International (I), and Primero Mining (P). These companies are all part of the "communication" industry.
Rogers Communications vs.
Rogers Communications (TSE:RCI.B) and TELUS (TSE:T) are both large-cap business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, profitability, risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends and community ranking.
In the previous week, TELUS had 8 more articles in the media than Rogers Communications. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for TELUS and 3 mentions for Rogers Communications. TELUS's average media sentiment score of 0.12 beat Rogers Communications' score of -0.34 indicating that TELUS is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
61.8% of Rogers Communications shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 56.0% of TELUS shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.3% of Rogers Communications shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of TELUS shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Rogers Communications pays an annual dividend of C$2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.6%. TELUS pays an annual dividend of C$1.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.5%. Rogers Communications pays out 122.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. TELUS pays out 253.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
TELUS has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Rogers Communications. Rogers Communications is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than TELUS, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Rogers Communications has a beta of 0.62, meaning that its share price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TELUS has a beta of 0.72, meaning that its share price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500.
TELUS received 141 more outperform votes than Rogers Communications when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.03% of users gave TELUS an outperform vote while only 58.62% of users gave Rogers Communications an outperform vote.
Rogers Communications currently has a consensus target price of C$55.73, suggesting a potential upside of 55.50%. TELUS has a consensus target price of C$22.77, suggesting a potential upside of 9.69%. Given Rogers Communications' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Rogers Communications is more favorable than TELUS.
TELUS has a net margin of 4.62% compared to Rogers Communications' net margin of 4.30%. Rogers Communications' return on equity of 7.93% beat TELUS's return on equity.
Summary
Rogers Communications and TELUS tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:RCI.B) was last updated on 4/19/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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