CGO vs. CCA, CGX, WILD, BRAG, Y, FORA, TGO, T, BCE, and EAGR
Should you be buying Cogeco stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cogeco include Cogeco Communications (CCA), Cineplex (CGX), WildBrain (WILD), Bragg Gaming Group (BRAG), Yellow Pages (Y), VerticalScope (FORA), TeraGo (TGO), TELUS (T), BCE (BCE), and East Side Games Group (EAGR). These companies are all part of the "communication services" sector.
Cogeco (TSE:CGO) and Cogeco Communications (TSE:CCA) are both small-cap communication services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, risk and community ranking.
33.7% of Cogeco shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 45.2% of Cogeco Communications shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.1% of Cogeco shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Cogeco Communications shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Cogeco Communications had 14 more articles in the media than Cogeco. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Cogeco Communications and 8 mentions for Cogeco. Cogeco's average media sentiment score of 0.32 beat Cogeco Communications' score of 0.19 indicating that Cogeco is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Cogeco Communications has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Cogeco. Cogeco Communications is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cogeco, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Cogeco has a beta of 0.26, indicating that its stock price is 74% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cogeco Communications has a beta of 0.47, indicating that its stock price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Cogeco pays an annual dividend of C$3.42 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.3%. Cogeco Communications pays an annual dividend of C$3.42 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.0%. Cogeco pays out 84.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Cogeco Communications pays out 41.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Cogeco Communications has a net margin of 12.47% compared to Cogeco's net margin of 2.06%. Cogeco Communications' return on equity of 11.58% beat Cogeco's return on equity.
Cogeco Communications received 183 more outperform votes than Cogeco when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.87% of users gave Cogeco an outperform vote while only 59.70% of users gave Cogeco Communications an outperform vote.
Cogeco currently has a consensus price target of C$82.00, suggesting a potential upside of 50.87%. Cogeco Communications has a consensus price target of C$69.69, suggesting a potential upside of 23.82%. Given Cogeco's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Cogeco is more favorable than Cogeco Communications.
Summary
Cogeco Communications beats Cogeco on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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