B2Gold (BTO) Competitors

B2Gold (TSE:BTO) and Cogeco Communications (TSE:CCA) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, community ranking, risk, valuation and dividends.

Is BTO or CCA more profitable?

Cogeco Communications has a net margin of 11.68% compared to B2Gold's net margin of -38.20%. Cogeco Communications' return on equity of 11.56% beat B2Gold's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
B2Gold	-38.20%	-20.27%	6.33%
Cogeco Communications	11.68%	11.56%	4.96%

Which has more risk & volatility, BTO or CCA?

B2Gold has a beta of 1.23, meaning that its share price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cogeco Communications has a beta of 0.59, meaning that its share price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate BTO or CCA?

B2Gold presently has a consensus target price of C$5.93, suggesting a potential upside of 37.47%. Cogeco Communications has a consensus target price of C$76.10, suggesting a potential upside of 12.24%. Given B2Gold's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe B2Gold is more favorable than Cogeco Communications.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
B2Gold	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.57
Cogeco Communications	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.78

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in BTO or CCA?

B2Gold received 453 more outperform votes than Cogeco Communications when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 79.83% of users gave B2Gold an outperform vote while only 58.99% of users gave Cogeco Communications an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
B2Gold	Outperform Votes 863 79.83%	Underperform Votes 218 20.17%
Cogeco Communications	Outperform Votes 410 58.99%	Underperform Votes 285 41.01%

Is BTO or CCA a better dividend stock?

B2Gold pays an annual dividend of C$0.22 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. Cogeco Communications pays an annual dividend of C$3.42 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. B2Gold pays out -25.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Cogeco Communications pays out 41.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. B2Gold is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of BTO or CCA?

62.4% of B2Gold shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 43.4% of Cogeco Communications shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of B2Gold shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Cogeco Communications shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has better earnings & valuation, BTO or CCA?

Cogeco Communications has higher revenue and earnings than B2Gold. B2Gold is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cogeco 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
B2Gold	C$1.47B	2.70	-C$563.17M	-C$0.87	-4.96
Cogeco Communications	C$2.97B	0.96	C$346.48M	C$8.26	8.21

Does the media prefer BTO or CCA?

In the previous week, B2Gold had 19 more articles in the media than Cogeco Communications. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for B2Gold and 0 mentions for Cogeco Communications. B2Gold's average media sentiment score of 0.71 beat Cogeco Communications' score of 0.53 indicating that B2Gold is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
B2Gold	Positive
Cogeco Communications	Positive

Summary

B2Gold beats Cogeco Communications on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.