CCA vs. BTO, EFR, SPE, PEO, EFL, CGO, EMO, GLO, CET, and NCA
Should you be buying Cogeco Communications stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cogeco Communications include B2Gold (BTO), Energy Fuels (EFR), Spartan Energy (SPE), People (PEO), Electrovaya (EFL), Cogeco (CGO), Emerita Resources (EMO), Global Atomic (GLO), Cathedral Energy Services (CET), and NewCastle Gold (NCA). These companies are all part of the "financial services" industry.
Cogeco Communications vs. Its Competitors
B2Gold (TSE:BTO) and Cogeco Communications (TSE:CCA) are both mid-cap financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability and risk.
B2Gold pays an annual dividend of C$0.22 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. Cogeco Communications pays an annual dividend of C$3.42 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. 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.
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.
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 presently has a consensus price target of C$6.11, indicating a potential upside of 28.36%. Cogeco Communications has a consensus price target of C$77.44, indicating a potential upside of 16.49%. Given B2Gold's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe B2Gold is more favorable than Cogeco Communications.
In the previous week, B2Gold had 4 more articles in the media than Cogeco Communications. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for B2Gold and 8 mentions for Cogeco Communications. B2Gold's average media sentiment score of 1.01 beat Cogeco Communications' score of -0.42 indicating that B2Gold is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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.
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 insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Cogeco Communications shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
B2Gold beats Cogeco Communications on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of TSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (TSE:CCA) was last updated on 7/26/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
