BCE vs. T, CCA, CGO, TGO, CGX, WILD, BRAG, FORA, Y, and EAGR
Should you be buying BCE stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BCE include TELUS (T), Cogeco Communications (CCA), Cogeco (CGO), TeraGo (TGO), Cineplex (CGX), WildBrain (WILD), Bragg Gaming Group (BRAG), VerticalScope (FORA), Yellow Pages (Y), and East Side Games Group (EAGR). These companies are all part of the "communication services" sector.
BCE (TSE:BCE) and TELUS (TSE:T) are both large-cap communication services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, community ranking, dividends, risk, earnings, media sentiment and valuation.
BCE presently has a consensus price target of C$52.15, indicating a potential upside of 11.54%. TELUS has a consensus price target of C$25.33, indicating a potential upside of 12.12%. Given TELUS's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe TELUS is more favorable than BCE.
In the previous week, TELUS had 9 more articles in the media than BCE. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for TELUS and 9 mentions for BCE. BCE's average media sentiment score of 0.56 beat TELUS's score of 0.31 indicating that BCE is being referred to more favorably in the media.
BCE pays an annual dividend of C$3.99 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.5%. TELUS pays an annual dividend of C$1.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.6%. BCE pays out 206.7% 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 258.6% 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 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
43.3% of BCE shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 56.5% of TELUS shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of BCE shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of TELUS shares are held 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.
BCE has a net margin of 7.88% compared to TELUS's net margin of 4.20%. BCE's return on equity of 9.36% beat TELUS's return on equity.
TELUS received 142 more outperform votes than BCE when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.61% of users gave TELUS an outperform vote while only 49.19% of users gave BCE an outperform vote.
BCE has a beta of 0.44, suggesting that its share price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TELUS has a beta of 0.67, suggesting that its share price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500.
BCE has higher revenue and earnings than TELUS. BCE is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than TELUS, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
BCE and TELUS tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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