RCI vs. WBD, ROKU, LBTYK, LBTYA, CHTR, ONON, K, LYV, EDR, and RBLX
Should you be buying Rogers Communications stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Rogers Communications include Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), Roku (ROKU), Liberty Global (LBTYK), Liberty Global (LBTYA), Charter Communications (CHTR), ON (ONON), Kellanova (K), Live Nation Entertainment (LYV), Endeavor Group (EDR), and Roblox (RBLX). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
Rogers Communications (NYSE:RCI) and Warner Bros. Discovery (NASDAQ:WBD) are both large-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends and profitability.
45.5% of Rogers Communications shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 60.0% of Warner Bros. Discovery shares are held by institutional investors. 29.0% of Rogers Communications shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of Warner Bros. Discovery shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Rogers Communications had 10 more articles in the media than Warner Bros. Discovery. MarketBeat recorded 31 mentions for Rogers Communications and 21 mentions for Warner Bros. Discovery. Warner Bros. Discovery's average media sentiment score of 0.49 beat Rogers Communications' score of 0.24 indicating that Warner Bros. Discovery is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Rogers Communications presently has a consensus target price of $46.00, indicating a potential upside of 21.18%. Warner Bros. Discovery has a consensus target price of $13.83, indicating a potential upside of 70.57%. Given Warner Bros. Discovery's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Warner Bros. Discovery is more favorable than Rogers Communications.
Rogers Communications has a beta of 0.59, suggesting that its stock price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Warner Bros. Discovery has a beta of 1.51, suggesting that its stock price is 51% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Rogers Communications has a net margin of 2.90% compared to Warner Bros. Discovery's net margin of -7.57%. Rogers Communications' return on equity of 21.92% beat Warner Bros. Discovery's return on equity.
Rogers Communications has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Warner Bros. Discovery. Warner Bros. Discovery is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Rogers Communications, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Rogers Communications received 373 more outperform votes than Warner Bros. Discovery when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 56.82% of users gave Rogers Communications an outperform vote while only 42.17% of users gave Warner Bros. Discovery an outperform vote.
Summary
Rogers Communications beats Warner Bros. Discovery on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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