RCI vs. WBD, ROKU, LBRDA, LBRDK, LBTYK, LBTYA, CHTR, K, LYV, and ONON
Should you be buying Rogers Communications stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Rogers Communications include Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), Roku (ROKU), Liberty Broadband (LBRDA), Liberty Broadband (LBRDK), Liberty Global (LBTYK), Liberty Global (LBTYA), Charter Communications (CHTR), Kellanova (K), Live Nation Entertainment (LYV), and ON (ONON). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
Rogers Communications (NYSE:RCI) and Warner Bros. Discovery (NASDAQ:WBD) are both large-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking, dividends, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation and media sentiment.
In the previous week, Warner Bros. Discovery had 23 more articles in the media than Rogers Communications. MarketBeat recorded 30 mentions for Warner Bros. Discovery and 7 mentions for Rogers Communications. Rogers Communications' average media sentiment score of 1.36 beat Warner Bros. Discovery's score of 0.62 indicating that Rogers Communications is being referred to more favorably in the media.
45.5% of Rogers Communications shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 60.0% of Warner Bros. Discovery shares are owned by institutional investors. 29.0% of Rogers Communications shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of Warner Bros. Discovery shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Rogers Communications has a net margin of 2.90% compared to Warner Bros. Discovery's net margin of -7.45%. Rogers Communications' return on equity of 21.92% beat Warner Bros. Discovery's return on equity.
Rogers Communications currently has a consensus price target of $46.00, indicating a potential upside of 16.96%. Warner Bros. Discovery has a consensus price target of $13.32, indicating a potential upside of 65.21%. Given Warner Bros. Discovery's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Warner Bros. Discovery is more favorable than Rogers Communications.
Rogers Communications has a beta of 0.63, suggesting that its share price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Warner Bros. Discovery has a beta of 1.51, suggesting that its share price is 51% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Rogers Communications received 370 more outperform votes than Warner Bros. Discovery when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 56.75% of users gave Rogers Communications an outperform vote while only 43.68% of users gave Warner Bros. Discovery an outperform vote.
Rogers Communications has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Warner Bros. Discovery. Warner Bros. Discovery is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Rogers Communications, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Rogers Communications beats Warner Bros. Discovery on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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