Cogeco Communications (CCA) Competitors

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

Which has better earnings and valuation, 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	0.96	C$346.48M	C$8.26	8.21
B2Gold	C$1.47B	2.70	-C$563.17M	-C$0.87	-4.96

Which has more volatility & risk, CCA or BTO?

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

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

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

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%

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%

Does the media prefer CCA or BTO?

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 news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Cogeco Communications	Positive
B2Gold	Positive

Do analysts rate CCA or BTO?

Cogeco Communications currently has a consensus price target of C$76.10, indicating a potential upside of 12.24%. B2Gold has a consensus price target of C$5.93, indicating a potential upside of 37.47%. Given B2Gold's higher probable upside, analysts clearly 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

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 5.1%. 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. B2Gold is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

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