RCI.B vs. BCE, T, SJR.B, RCI.A, QBR.B, QBR.A, CCA, CGO, TGO, and USS
Should you be buying Rogers Communications stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Rogers Communications include BCE (BCE), TELUS (T), Shaw Communications (SJR.B), Rogers Communications (RCI.A), Quebecor (QBR.B), Quebecor (QBR.A), Cogeco Communications (CCA), Cogeco (CGO), TeraGo (TGO), and Uniserve Communications (USS). These companies are all part of the "telecom services" industry.
Rogers Communications (TSE:RCI.B) and BCE (TSE:BCE) are both large-cap business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment, earnings, risk, dividends, valuation and analyst recommendations.
BCE has a net margin of 7.88% compared to Rogers Communications' net margin of 2.91%. BCE's return on equity of 9.36% beat Rogers Communications' return on equity.
Rogers Communications pays an annual dividend of C$2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. BCE pays an annual dividend of C$3.99 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.6%. Rogers Communications pays out 185.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. BCE pays out 207.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
BCE has higher revenue and earnings than Rogers Communications. BCE is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Rogers Communications, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Rogers Communications and BCE both received 426 outperform votes by MarketBeat users. However, 58.84% of users gave Rogers Communications an outperform vote while only 49.19% of users gave BCE an outperform vote.
Rogers Communications has a beta of 0.56, indicating that its share price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BCE has a beta of 0.44, indicating that its share price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, BCE had 7 more articles in the media than Rogers Communications. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for BCE and 2 mentions for Rogers Communications. BCE's average media sentiment score of -0.01 beat Rogers Communications' score of -0.10 indicating that BCE is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
62.3% of Rogers Communications shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 43.0% of BCE shares are held by institutional investors. 11.3% of Rogers Communications shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of BCE shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Rogers Communications currently has a consensus price target of C$72.96, indicating a potential upside of 32.48%. BCE has a consensus price target of C$52.15, indicating a potential upside of 11.87%. Given Rogers Communications' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Rogers Communications is more favorable than BCE.
Summary
BCE beats Rogers Communications on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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