RCI.B vs. T, BCE, RCI.A, SJR.B, GTT, AMX, NLN, ZCH, I, and P
Should you be buying Rogers Communications stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Rogers Communications include TELUS (T), BCE (BCE), Rogers Communications (RCI.A), Shaw Communications (SJR.B), GT Gold (GTT), Amex Exploration (AMX), NeuLion (NLN), BMO MSCI China ESG Leaders Index ETF (ZCH), Intellipharmaceutics International (I), and Primero Mining (P). These companies are all part of the "communication" industry.
Rogers Communications vs. Its Competitors
TELUS (TSE:T) and Rogers Communications (TSE:RCI.B) are both large-cap telecom services industry companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, dividends and profitability.
TELUS has a beta of 0.922594, indicating that its share price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Rogers Communications has a beta of 0.982339, indicating that its share price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.
29.2% of TELUS shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 27.7% of Rogers Communications shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of TELUS shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.3% of Rogers Communications shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
TELUS pays an annual dividend of C$1.61 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.6%. Rogers Communications pays an annual dividend of C$2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. TELUS pays out 247.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Rogers Communications pays out 71.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
TELUS has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Rogers Communications. Rogers Communications is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than TELUS, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
TELUS presently has a consensus price target of C$23.38, suggesting a potential upside of 9.95%. Rogers Communications has a consensus price target of C$54.69, suggesting a potential upside of 7.74%. Given TELUS's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe TELUS is more favorable than Rogers Communications.
TELUS has a net margin of 4.62% compared to Rogers Communications' net margin of 4.30%. Rogers Communications' return on equity of 7.93% beat TELUS's return on equity.
In the previous week, TELUS had 11 more articles in the media than Rogers Communications. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for TELUS and 2 mentions for Rogers Communications. Rogers Communications' average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat TELUS's score of 0.44 indicating that Rogers Communications is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Rogers Communications beats TELUS on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (TSE:RCI.B) was last updated on 10/9/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
