QBR.A vs. QBR.B, RCI.A, and RCI.B
Should you be buying Quebecor stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Quebecor include Quebecor (QBR.B), Rogers Communications (RCI.A), and Rogers Communications (RCI.B). These companies are all part of the "telecom services" industry.
Quebecor (TSE:QBR.B) and Quebecor (TSE:QBR.A) are both mid-cap business services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, institutional ownership and valuation.
Quebecor pays an annual dividend of C$1.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Quebecor pays an annual dividend of C$1.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Quebecor pays out 46.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Quebecor pays out 46.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
Quebecor is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Quebecor, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Quebecor currently has a consensus price target of C$36.81, suggesting a potential upside of 20.07%. Given Quebecor's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Quebecor is more favorable than Quebecor.
53.2% of Quebecor shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 4.9% of Quebecor shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Quebecor shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 91.1% of Quebecor 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.
Quebecor has a beta of 0.37, suggesting that its stock price is 63% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Quebecor has a beta of 0.37, suggesting that its stock price is 63% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Quebecor had 8 more articles in the media than Quebecor. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Quebecor and 0 mentions for Quebecor. Quebecor's average media sentiment score of 1.25 beat Quebecor's score of 0.38 indicating that Quebecor is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Quebecor received 451 more outperform votes than Quebecor when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 78.53% of users gave Quebecor an outperform vote while only 66.67% of users gave Quebecor an outperform vote.
Summary
Quebecor beats Quebecor on 8 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.
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