QBR.B vs. RCI.A, QBR.A, and RCI.B
Should you be buying Quebecor stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Quebecor include Rogers Communications (RCI.A), Quebecor (QBR.A), and Rogers Communications (RCI.B). These companies are all part of the "telecom services" industry.
Quebecor (TSE:QBR.B) and Rogers Communications (TSE:RCI.A) are both mid-cap business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, earnings, media sentiment, dividends, risk and analyst recommendations.
Quebecor currently has a consensus target price of C$37.94, indicating a potential upside of 33.25%. Rogers Communications has a consensus target price of C$65.00, indicating a potential upside of 17.12%. Given Quebecor's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Quebecor is more favorable than Rogers Communications.
Quebecor has a beta of 0.38, indicating that its stock price is 62% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Rogers Communications has a beta of 0.54, indicating that its stock price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500.
54.0% of Quebecor shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.1% of Rogers Communications shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Quebecor shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 97.6% of Rogers Communications shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Quebecor pays an annual dividend of C$1.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. Rogers Communications pays an annual dividend of C$2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Quebecor pays out 46.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Rogers Communications pays out 123.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Quebecor is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, Rogers Communications had 11 more articles in the media than Quebecor. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Rogers Communications and 0 mentions for Quebecor. Rogers Communications' average media sentiment score of 0.29 beat Quebecor's score of -0.49 indicating that Rogers Communications is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Quebecor has a net margin of 11.97% compared to Rogers Communications' net margin of 4.40%. Quebecor's return on equity of 38.24% beat Rogers Communications' return on equity.
Quebecor received 424 more outperform votes than Rogers Communications when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 78.77% of users gave Quebecor an outperform vote while only 61.11% of users gave Rogers Communications an outperform vote.
Rogers Communications has higher revenue and earnings than Quebecor. Quebecor is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Rogers Communications, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Quebecor beats Rogers Communications on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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