Quebecor (QBR.A) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Quebecor primarily provides mobile and fixed-line telecom services in Quebec where it is the leading telecom provider. With more than 1.8 million internet subscribers Quebecor provides internet service to more than 60% of the homes its network passes. It also has about 1.6 million mobile subscribers representing more than 20% wireless market share in Quebec. In addition to the quadruple-play services Quebecor offers a French-language subscription video on demand service and has a media segment that owns and operates television stations publishes newspapers and magazines and produces and distributes films and television shows. A very small portion of Quebecor business engages in live event production and promotion as well as ownership of live-event venues.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: C$62.73 to C$65.40
• 50-Day Range: C$55.00 to C$65.40
• 52-Week Range: C$37.16 to C$65.40
• Volume: 1,187 shs
• Average Volume: 1,374 shs
• Market Capitalization: C$14.77 billion
• P/E Ratio: 18.42
• Dividend Yield: 2.10%
• Price Target: C$56.13
• Consensus Rating: Hold

Quebecor Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Quebecor scored higher than 25% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 1.0 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

Quebecor has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.00, and is based on no strong buy ratings, no buy ratings, 1 hold rating, and no sell ratings.

Downside Risk

Quebecor has a consensus price target of C$56.13, representing about 14.2% downside from its current price of C$65.40.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Quebecor has received no research coverage in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.3 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Quebecor is 18.42, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 38.79.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Quebecor is 18.42, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Business Services sector average P/E ratio of about 30.99.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Quebecor has a PEG Ratio of 1.44. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Quebecor has a P/B Ratio of 7.25. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: N/A
• Short Interest Level: N/A

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for QBR.A.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

Quebecor pays a meaningful dividend of 2.79%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Quebecor does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Quebecor is 38.73%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.1 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.99

News Sentiment

Quebecor has a news sentiment score of 0.99. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.64 average news sentiment score of Business Services companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 2 news articles for Quebecor this week, compared to 0 articles on an average week.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.7 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Quebecor insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

91.11% of the stock of Quebecor is held by insiders. A high percentage of insider ownership can be a sign of company health.

Percentage Held by Institutions

2.81% of the stock of Quebecor is held by institutions.

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: TSE
• Sector: Business Services
• Industry: Telecom Services
• Sub-Industry: Business Services
• Current Symbol: TSE:QBR.A
• CIK: N/A
• Web: www.quebecor.com
• Phone: +1-514-3801999
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 10,000
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Quebecor: C$56.13
• High Price Target: C$69.00
• Low Price Target: C$43.25
• Potential Upside/Downside: -14.2%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.00
• Research Coverage: 1 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): C$3.55
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 18.42
• Forward P/E Ratio: 18.83
• P/E Growth: 1.44
• Net Income: C$736.30 million
• Net Margins: 12.99%
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: 37.44%
• Return on Assets: 7.05%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 363.97
• Current Ratio: 1.01
• Quick Ratio: 0.35

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: C$5.63 billion
• Price / Sales: 2.62
• Cash Flow: C$0.37 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 174.75
• Book Value: C$9.02 per share
• Price / Book: 7.25

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 225,844,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: C$14.77 billion
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 0.78