Rogers Communications (RCI.B) Competitors

Rogers Communications (TSE:RCI.B) and TELUS (TSE:T) are both large-cap telecom services industry companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, dividends, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings and analyst recommendations.

Is RCI.B or T more profitable?

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.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Rogers Communications	4.30%	7.93%	4.20%
TELUS	4.62%	5.80%	3.58%

Do insiders & institutionals believe in RCI.B or T?

61.8% of Rogers Communications shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 56.0% of TELUS shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.3% of Rogers Communications shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of TELUS shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is RCI.B or T a better dividend stock?

Rogers Communications pays an annual dividend of C$2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. TELUS pays an annual dividend of C$1.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.9%. Rogers Communications pays out 122.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. TELUS pays out 253.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Which has more volatility and risk, RCI.B or T?

Rogers Communications has a beta of 0.62, suggesting that its share price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TELUS has a beta of 0.72, suggesting that its share price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate RCI.B or T?

Rogers Communications currently has a consensus target price of C$55.11, indicating a potential upside of 24.23%. TELUS has a consensus target price of C$23.04, indicating a potential upside of 1.95%. Given Rogers Communications' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Rogers Communications is more favorable than TELUS.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Rogers Communications	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.73
TELUS	0 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.42

Which has higher earnings and valuation, RCI.B or T?

TELUS has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Rogers Communications	C$20.42B	0.92	C$879M	C$1.63	27.21
TELUS	C$20.15B	1.69	C$931.40M	C$0.62	36.67

Does the media refer more to RCI.B or T?

In the previous week, TELUS had 5 more articles in the media than Rogers Communications. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for TELUS and 7 mentions for Rogers Communications. TELUS's average media sentiment score of 0.39 beat Rogers Communications' score of 0.30 indicating that TELUS is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Rogers Communications	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
TELUS	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Rogers Communications beats TELUS on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.