RCI.B vs. T, BCE, SJR.B, RCI.A, GTT, NLN, ZCH, AMX, 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), Shaw Communications (SJR.B), Rogers Communications (RCI.A), GT Gold (GTT), NeuLion (NLN), BMO MSCI China ESG Leaders Index ETF (ZCH), Amex Exploration (AMX), Intellipharmaceutics International (I), and Primero Mining (P). These companies are all part of the "communication" industry.
Rogers Communications vs.
TELUS (TSE:T) and Rogers Communications (TSE:RCI.B) are both large-cap communication services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation and risk.
56.0% of TELUS shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.8% of Rogers Communications shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of TELUS shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 11.3% of Rogers Communications shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, TELUS had 22 more articles in the media than Rogers Communications. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for TELUS and 0 mentions for Rogers Communications. TELUS's average media sentiment score of 0.51 beat Rogers Communications' score of 0.00 indicating that TELUS is being referred to more favorably in the media.
TELUS received 137 more outperform votes than Rogers Communications when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.03% of users gave TELUS an outperform vote while only 58.76% of users gave Rogers Communications an outperform vote.
TELUS presently has a consensus target price of C$22.77, indicating a potential upside of 2.20%. Rogers Communications has a consensus target price of C$55.50, indicating a potential upside of 56.03%. Given Rogers Communications' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Rogers Communications is more favorable than TELUS.
TELUS pays an annual dividend of C$1.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.0%. Rogers Communications pays an annual dividend of C$2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.6%. 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. 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 has a beta of 0.72, meaning that its stock price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Rogers Communications has a beta of 0.62, meaning that its stock price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500.
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 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.
Summary
TELUS and Rogers Communications tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:RCI.B) was last updated on 5/11/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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