BTO vs. CCA, SPE, EVT, PEO, EFR, EFL, CGO, EMO, GLO, and CET
Should you be buying B2Gold stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of B2Gold include Cogeco Communications (CCA), Spartan Energy (SPE), Economic Investment Trust (EVT), People (PEO), Energy Fuels (EFR), Electrovaya (EFL), Cogeco (CGO), Emerita Resources (EMO), Global Atomic (GLO), and Cathedral Energy Services (CET). These companies are all part of the "financial services" industry.
B2Gold vs.
B2Gold (TSE:BTO) and Cogeco Communications (TSE:CCA) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, valuation and analyst recommendations.
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.
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.
B2Gold pays an annual dividend of C$0.22 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. 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.
In the previous week, Cogeco Communications had 1 more articles in the media than B2Gold. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Cogeco Communications and 2 mentions for B2Gold. Cogeco Communications' average media sentiment score of 0.60 beat B2Gold's score of 0.34 indicating that Cogeco Communications is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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 large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
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.
B2Gold has a beta of 1.23, suggesting that its share price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cogeco Communications has a beta of 0.59, suggesting that its share price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500.
B2Gold currently has a consensus target price of C$6.11, indicating a potential upside of 33.99%. Cogeco Communications has a consensus target price of C$76.10, indicating a potential upside of 11.21%. Given B2Gold's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe B2Gold is more favorable than Cogeco Communications.
Summary
Cogeco Communications beats B2Gold on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:BTO) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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