RCI.A vs. QBR.B, QBR.A, and RCI.B
Should you be buying Rogers Communications stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Rogers Communications include Quebecor (QBR.B), 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 business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking, media sentiment, institutional ownership and valuation.
In the previous week, Rogers Communications had 12 more articles in the media than Quebecor. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Rogers Communications and 0 mentions for Quebecor. Quebecor's average media sentiment score of 0.29 beat Rogers Communications' score of -0.49 indicating that Rogers Communications is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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 insiders. Comparatively, 97.6% of Rogers Communications 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.
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.
Quebecor has a net margin of 11.97% compared to Quebecor's net margin of 4.40%. Rogers Communications' return on equity of 38.24% beat Quebecor's return on equity.
Quebecor has a beta of 0.38, suggesting that its stock price is 62% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Rogers Communications has a beta of 0.54, suggesting that its stock price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Quebecor presently has a consensus price target of C$37.94, suggesting a potential upside of 33.25%. Rogers Communications has a consensus price target of C$65.00, suggesting a potential upside of 17.12%. Given Rogers Communications' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Quebecor is more favorable than Rogers Communications.
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.
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.
Summary
Quebecor beats Rogers Communications on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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