RCI.B vs. RCI.A, QBR.B, and QBR.A
Should you be buying Rogers Communications stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Rogers Communications include Rogers Communications (RCI.A), Quebecor (QBR.B), and Quebecor (QBR.A). These companies are all part of the "telecom services" industry.
Rogers Communications (TSE:RCI.B) and Rogers Communications (TSE:RCI.A) are both business services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, risk, community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends and valuation.
62.3% of Rogers Communications shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.2% of Rogers Communications shares are held by institutional investors. 11.3% of Rogers Communications shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 97.6% of Rogers Communications shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Rogers Communications presently has a consensus price target of C$72.96, suggesting a potential upside of 35.16%. Rogers Communications has a consensus price target of C$65.00, suggesting a potential upside of 8.35%. Given Rogers Communications' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Rogers Communications is more favorable than Rogers Communications.
Rogers Communications received 349 more outperform votes than Rogers Communications when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.11% of users gave Rogers Communications an outperform vote while only 58.84% of users gave Rogers Communications an outperform vote.
Rogers Communications pays an annual dividend of C$2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Rogers Communications pays an annual dividend of C$2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. 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. 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.
Rogers 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.
In the previous week, Rogers Communications had 2 more articles in the media than Rogers Communications. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Rogers Communications and 0 mentions for Rogers Communications. Rogers Communications' average media sentiment score of 0.62 beat Rogers Communications' score of 0.00 indicating that Rogers Communications is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Rogers Communications has a beta of 0.56, meaning that its share price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Rogers Communications has a beta of 0.56, meaning that its share price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Rogers Communications beats Rogers Communications on 7 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.
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