RCI vs. CHTR, WBD, ROKU, LBRDA, LBRDK, LBTYK, LBTYA, CABO, LILAK, and LILA
Should you be buying Rogers Communications stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Rogers Communications include Charter Communications (CHTR), Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), Roku (ROKU), Liberty Broadband (LBRDA), Liberty Broadband (LBRDK), Liberty Global (LBTYK), Liberty Global (LBTYA), Cable One (CABO), Liberty Latin America (LILAK), and Liberty Latin America (LILA). These companies are all part of the "cable & other pay television services" industry.
Rogers Communications (NYSE:RCI) and Charter Communications (NASDAQ:CHTR) are both large-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings and media sentiment.
Charter Communications has a net margin of 8.50% compared to Rogers Communications' net margin of 2.90%. Charter Communications' return on equity of 31.42% beat Rogers Communications' return on equity.
In the previous week, Charter Communications had 13 more articles in the media than Rogers Communications. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Charter Communications and 4 mentions for Rogers Communications. Rogers Communications' average media sentiment score of 0.83 beat Charter Communications' score of 0.74 indicating that Rogers Communications is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Charter Communications received 380 more outperform votes than Rogers Communications when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.79% of users gave Charter Communications an outperform vote while only 56.75% of users gave Rogers Communications an outperform vote.
Charter Communications has higher revenue and earnings than Rogers Communications. Charter Communications is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Rogers Communications, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
45.5% of Rogers Communications shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.8% of Charter Communications shares are owned by institutional investors. 29.0% of Rogers Communications shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Charter Communications shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Rogers Communications presently has a consensus target price of $46.00, indicating a potential upside of 16.69%. Charter Communications has a consensus target price of $356.47, indicating a potential upside of 31.33%. Given Charter Communications' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Charter Communications is more favorable than Rogers Communications.
Rogers Communications has a beta of 0.62, indicating that its stock price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Charter Communications has a beta of 0.97, indicating that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Charter Communications beats Rogers Communications on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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