Rogers Communications (RCI) Competitors

Rogers Communications (NYSE:RCI) and Charter Communications (NASDAQ:CHTR) are both large-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, media sentiment and dividends.

Is RCI or CHTR more profitable?

Charter Communications has a net margin of 8.50% compared to Rogers Communications' net margin of 4.28%. Charter Communications' return on equity of 31.42% beat Rogers Communications' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Rogers Communications	4.28%	23.03%	3.50%
Charter Communications	8.50%	31.42%	3.16%

Which has more risk and volatility, RCI or CHTR?

Rogers Communications has a beta of 0.68, suggesting that its stock price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Charter Communications has a beta of 1.04, suggesting that its stock price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders & institutionals believe in RCI or CHTR?

45.5% of Rogers Communications shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.8% of Charter Communications shares are held by institutional investors. 29.0% of Rogers Communications shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Charter Communications shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in RCI or CHTR?

Charter Communications received 380 more outperform votes than Rogers Communications when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.64% of users gave Charter Communications an outperform vote while only 56.28% of users gave Rogers Communications an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Rogers Communications	Outperform Votes 408 56.28%	Underperform Votes 317 43.72%
Charter Communications	Outperform Votes 788 62.64%	Underperform Votes 470 37.36%

Which has better earnings and valuation, RCI or CHTR?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Rogers Communications	$14.18B	1.41	$628.94M	$0.80	47.29
Charter Communications	$54.61B	0.97	$4.56B	$30.92	11.89

Does the media prefer RCI or CHTR?

In the previous week, Rogers Communications had 1 more articles in the media than Charter Communications. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Rogers Communications and 19 mentions for Charter Communications. Charter Communications' average media sentiment score of 0.54 beat Rogers Communications' score of 0.43 indicating that Charter Communications is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Rogers Communications	4 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Charter Communications	12 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts rate RCI or CHTR?

Rogers Communications presently has a consensus target price of $51.50, suggesting a potential upside of 36.12%. Charter Communications has a consensus target price of $331.80, suggesting a potential downside of 9.74%. Given Rogers Communications' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Rogers Communications is more favorable than Charter Communications.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Rogers Communications	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60
Charter Communications	3 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.07

Summary

Charter Communications beats Rogers Communications on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.