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B Communications (BCOM) Competitors

BCOM vs. SHEN, GNE, CWCO, BLDP, YORW, CLNE, ARTNA, GWRS, PCYO, and BROG

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), Consolidated Water (CWCO), Ballard Power Systems (BLDP), York Water (YORW), Clean Energy Fuels (CLNE), Artesian Resources (ARTNA), Global Water Resources (GWRS), Pure Cycle (PCYO), and Brooge Energy (BROG). 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 investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation and dividends.

In the previous week, Shenandoah Telecommunications had 4 more articles in the media than B Communications. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Shenandoah Telecommunications and 0 mentions for B Communications. Shenandoah Telecommunications' average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat B Communications' score of 0.00 indicating that Shenandoah Telecommunications is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Shenandoah Telecommunications Positive
B Communications Neutral

Shenandoah Telecommunications has higher earnings, but lower revenue than B Communications.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Shenandoah Telecommunications$346.71M2.32$190.39M-$0.61-24.08
B Communications$2.58B0.08-$247MN/AN/A

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 company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Shenandoah Telecommunications presently has a consensus target price of $26.00, suggesting a potential upside of 76.99%. Given Shenandoah Telecommunications' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Shenandoah Telecommunications is more favorable than B Communications.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Shenandoah Telecommunications
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
B Communications
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

B Communications has a net margin of 5.64% compared to Shenandoah Telecommunications' net margin of -10.07%. Shenandoah Telecommunications' return on equity of -3.18% beat B Communications' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Shenandoah Telecommunications-10.07% -3.18% -1.70%
B Communications 5.64%-461.79%3.08%

Shenandoah Telecommunications has a beta of 0.89, suggesting that its share price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, B Communications has a beta of 2.08, suggesting that its share price is 108% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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 2.9%. Shenandoah Telecommunications pays out -16.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Shenandoah Telecommunications has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years.

Summary

Shenandoah Telecommunications beats B Communications on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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BCOM vs. The Competition

MetricB CommunicationsCommunication Services IndustryUtilities SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$203.89M$2.76B$15.66B$8.93B
Dividend Yield7.31%N/A5.58%4.04%
P/E Ratio1.82N/A20.0220.17
Price / Sales0.0822.1729.3394.17
Price / Cash0.23N/A19.3128.59
Price / Book-3.517.652.145.60
Net Income-$247M-$112.63M$751.09M$248.41M

B Communications Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BCOM
B Communications
N/A$5.47
flat
N/AN/A$203.89M$2.58B1.8210,212
SHEN
Shenandoah Telecommunications
3.5792 of 5 stars
$14.01
+2.6%
$26.00
+85.6%
-13.0%$749.35M$328.06M-22.971,089
GNE
Genie Energy
1.177 of 5 stars
$26.83
-0.2%
N/A+66.7%$721.61M$425.20M191.61190Positive News
High Trading Volume
CWCO
Consolidated Water
3.7085 of 5 stars
$30.65
+2.1%
N/A+20.7%$477.82M$133.97M18.92200
BLDP
Ballard Power Systems
1.4169 of 5 stars
$1.61
+1.3%
$2.09
+29.8%
-27.4%$476.76M$69.73M-1.581,370Gap Up
YORW
York Water
3.1939 of 5 stars
$32.32
+2.3%
N/A-13.4%$455.05M$74.96M23.59110Analyst Downgrade
CLNE
Clean Energy Fuels
4.1882 of 5 stars
$1.98
+1.5%
$3.75
+89.4%
-14.0%$430.92M$415.86M-2.25500Positive News
ARTNA
Artesian Resources
3.9073 of 5 stars
$33.96
+1.2%
N/A-10.5%$345.94M$107.95M16.33240News Coverage
GWRS
Global Water Resources
2.6889 of 5 stars
$10.42
+2.3%
N/A-14.1%$279.73M$52.69M40.7690
PCYO
Pure Cycle
0.8752 of 5 stars
$11.03
+2.9%
N/A+15.8%$258.10M$28.75M19.0240Upcoming Earnings
BROG
Brooge Energy
N/A$2.54
+10.2%
N/A+180.9%$223.18M$81.54M0.0023News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Up
High Trading Volume

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This page (NASDAQ:BCOM) was last updated on 7/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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