RCI.B vs. RCI.A, QBR.B, and QBR.A
Should you be buying Rogers Communications stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Rogers Communications include Rogers Communications (RCI.A), Quebecor (QBR.B), and Quebecor (QBR.A). These companies are all part of the "telecom services" industry.
Rogers Communications (TSE:RCI.A) and Rogers Communications (TSE:RCI.B) are both business services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends and risk.
Rogers Communications received 349 more outperform votes than Rogers Communications when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.11% of users gave Rogers Communications an outperform vote while only 58.84% of users gave Rogers Communications an outperform vote.
Rogers Communications has a beta of 0.54, suggesting that its stock price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Rogers Communications has a beta of 0.54, suggesting that its stock price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Rogers Communications pays an annual dividend of C$2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Rogers Communications pays an annual dividend of C$2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Rogers Communications pays out 185.2% 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 185.2% 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 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 currently has a consensus target price of C$65.00, indicating a potential upside of 13.04%. Rogers Communications has a consensus target price of C$72.96, indicating a potential upside of 38.78%. Given Rogers Communications' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Rogers Communications is more favorable than Rogers Communications.
0.1% of Rogers Communications shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.1% of Rogers Communications shares are held by institutional investors. 97.6% of Rogers Communications shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 11.3% of Rogers Communications shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Rogers Communications had 2 more articles in the media than Rogers Communications. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Rogers Communications and 0 mentions for Rogers Communications. Rogers Communications' average media sentiment score of 0.31 beat Rogers Communications' score of 0.20 indicating that Rogers Communications is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Rogers Communications beats Rogers Communications on 8 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This chart shows the average media sentiment of TSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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