Cogeco Communications (CCA) Competitors

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

Is CCA or BTO 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
Cogeco Communications	11.68%	11.56%	4.96%
B2Gold	-38.20%	-20.27%	6.33%

Do analysts recommend CCA or BTO?

Cogeco Communications currently has a consensus target price of C$76.10, indicating a potential upside of 11.21%. B2Gold has a consensus target price of C$6.11, indicating a potential upside of 33.99%. Given B2Gold's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe B2Gold is more favorable than Cogeco Communications.

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

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in CCA or BTO?

43.4% of Cogeco Communications shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 62.4% of B2Gold shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Cogeco Communications shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of B2Gold shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility & risk, CCA or BTO?

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

Does the media favor CCA or BTO?

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 media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Cogeco Communications	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
B2Gold	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CCA or BTO?

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

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, CCA or BTO?

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
Cogeco Communications	C$2.97B	0.97	C$346.48M	C$8.26	8.28
B2Gold	C$1.47B	2.86	-C$563.17M	-C$0.87	-5.25

Is CCA or BTO a better dividend stock?

Cogeco Communications pays an annual dividend of C$3.42 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. B2Gold pays an annual dividend of C$0.22 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. Cogeco Communications pays out 41.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. B2Gold pays out -25.3% 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.

Summary

Cogeco Communications beats B2Gold on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.