Rogers Communications (RCI.A) Competitors

Rogers Communications (TSE:RCI.A) and Amex Exploration (CVE:AMX) are both business services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, community ranking, dividends, earnings and risk.

Do analysts rate RCI.A or AMX?

Rogers Communications currently has a consensus target price of C$76.00, indicating a potential upside of 43.94%. Amex Exploration has a consensus target price of C$3.55, indicating a potential upside of 106.40%. Given Amex Exploration's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Amex Exploration is more favorable than Rogers Communications.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Rogers Communications	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Amex Exploration	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, RCI.A or AMX?

Rogers Communications has higher revenue and earnings than Amex Exploration.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Rogers Communications	C$20.37B	0.29	C$594M	C$1.08	48.89
Amex Exploration	N/A	N/A	-C$3.11M	N/A	N/A

Is RCI.A or AMX more profitable?

Rogers Communications has a net margin of 2.91% compared to Amex Exploration's net margin of 0.00%. Rogers Communications' return on equity of 5.67% beat Amex Exploration's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Rogers Communications	2.91%	5.67%	4.50%
Amex Exploration	N/A	0.40%	-1.45%

Which has more volatility and risk, RCI.A or AMX?

Rogers Communications has a beta of 0.56, suggesting that its share price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Amex Exploration has a beta of 1.78, suggesting that its share price is 78% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer RCI.A or AMX?

In the previous week, Amex Exploration had 4 more articles in the media than Rogers Communications. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Amex Exploration and 5 mentions for Rogers Communications. Amex Exploration's average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat Rogers Communications' score of -0.39 indicating that Amex Exploration is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Rogers Communications	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Amex Exploration	2 Very Positive mention(s)	6 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of RCI.A or AMX?

0.2% of Rogers Communications shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 9.8% of Amex Exploration shares are held by institutional investors. 97.6% of Rogers Communications shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 20.3% of Amex Exploration shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in RCI.A or AMX?

Rogers Communications received 39 more outperform votes than Amex Exploration when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.67% of users gave Amex Exploration an outperform vote while only 60.63% of users gave Rogers Communications an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Rogers Communications	Outperform Votes 77 60.63%	Underperform Votes 50 39.37%
Amex Exploration	Outperform Votes 38 66.67%	Underperform Votes 19 33.33%

Summary

Amex Exploration beats Rogers Communications on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.