BCOM vs. SHEN, GNE, YORW, CWCO, CLNE, ARTNA, GWRS, PCYO, BROG, and POLA
Should you be buying B Communications stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of B Communications include Shenandoah Telecommunications (SHEN), Genie Energy (GNE), York Water (YORW), Consolidated Water (CWCO), Clean Energy Fuels (CLNE), Artesian Resources (ARTNA), Global Water Resources (GWRS), Pure Cycle (PCYO), Brooge Energy (BROG), and Polar Power (POLA). These companies are all part of the "utilities" sector.
B Communications vs. Its Competitors
Shenandoah Telecommunications (NASDAQ:SHEN) and B Communications (NASDAQ:BCOM) are both small-cap utilities companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership and dividends.
Shenandoah Telecommunications has higher earnings, but lower revenue than B Communications.
Shenandoah Telecommunications has a beta of 0.87, meaning that its share price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, B Communications has a beta of 2.08, meaning that its share price is 108% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Shenandoah Telecommunications has a net margin of 58.03% compared to B Communications' net margin of 5.64%. Shenandoah Telecommunications' return on equity of -2.50% beat B Communications' return on equity.
Shenandoah Telecommunications presently has a consensus target price of $26.00, suggesting a potential upside of 81.82%. Given Shenandoah Telecommunications' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Shenandoah Telecommunications is more favorable than B Communications.
In the previous week, Shenandoah Telecommunications had 17 more articles in the media than B Communications. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Shenandoah Telecommunications and 0 mentions for B Communications. Shenandoah Telecommunications' average media sentiment score of 1.21 beat B Communications' score of 0.00 indicating that Shenandoah Telecommunications is being referred to more favorably in the media.
62.0% of Shenandoah Telecommunications shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.9% of B Communications shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.5% of Shenandoah Telecommunications shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Shenandoah Telecommunications received 265 more outperform votes than B Communications when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.33% of users gave Shenandoah Telecommunications an outperform vote while only 55.84% of users gave B Communications an outperform vote.
Shenandoah Telecommunications pays an annual dividend of $0.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. B Communications pays an annual dividend of $0.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Shenandoah Telecommunications pays out -16.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Shenandoah Telecommunications has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years.
Summary
Shenandoah Telecommunications beats B Communications on 16 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:BCOM) was last updated on 6/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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