Contrasting GCI Liberty, Inc. – Series C GCI Group (NASDAQ:GLIBK) & Rogers Communication (NYSE:RCI)

GCI Liberty, Inc. – Series C GCI Group (NASDAQ:GLIBK) and Rogers Communication (NYSE:RCI) are both communication services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends and valuation.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares GCI Liberty, Inc. – Series C GCI Group and Rogers Communication”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
GCI Liberty, Inc. – Series C GCI Group	$1.05 billion	0.80	-$309.00 million	($11.25)	-2.08
Rogers Communication	$15.54 billion	1.09	$4.93 billion	$8.28	3.80

Rogers Communication has higher revenue and earnings than GCI Liberty, Inc. – Series C GCI Group. GCI Liberty, Inc. – Series C GCI Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Rogers Communication, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent recommendations for GCI Liberty, Inc. – Series C GCI Group and Rogers Communication, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
GCI Liberty, Inc. – Series C GCI Group	2	0	0	0	1.00
Rogers Communication	1	2	6	0	2.56

Rogers Communication has a consensus target price of $36.00, indicating a potential upside of 14.46%. Given Rogers Communication’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Rogers Communication is more favorable than GCI Liberty, Inc. – Series C GCI Group.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

45.5% of Rogers Communication shares are owned by institutional investors. 29.0% of Rogers Communication shares are owned by 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.

Risk and Volatility

GCI Liberty, Inc. – Series C GCI Group has a beta of -0.88, indicating that its stock price is 188% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Rogers Communication has a beta of 0.66, indicating that its stock price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares GCI Liberty, Inc. – Series C GCI Group and Rogers Communication’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
GCI Liberty, Inc. – Series C GCI Group	-32.53%	11.56%	5.78%
Rogers Communication	27.54%	11.56%	3.05%

Summary

Rogers Communication beats GCI Liberty, Inc. – Series C GCI Group on 12 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

About GCI Liberty, Inc. – Series C GCI Group

GCI Liberty Inc. consists of its wholly owned subsidiary GCI. The company is communications provider, providing data, voice and managed services to consumer and business customers throughout Alaska. GCI Liberty Inc. is based in ENGLEWOOD, Colo.

About Rogers Communication

Rogers Communications Inc. operates as a communications and media company in Canada. It operates through three segments: Wireless, Cable, and Media. The company offers mobile Internet access, wireless voice and enhanced voice, device financing, device protection, global voice and data roaming, wireless home phone, bridging landline, machine-to-machine and Internet of Things solutions, and advanced wireless solutions for businesses, as well as device shipping and express pickup services; and postpaid and prepaid services under the Rogers, Fido, and chatr brands. It also provides internet and WiFi services; and monitoring, security, automation, energy efficiency, and smart control through smartphone app. In addition, the company offers local and network TV; on-demand television; cloud-based digital video recorders; voice-activated remote controls, and integrated apps; personal video recorders; linear and time-shifted programming; digital specialty channels; and 4K television programming. Further, it provides residential and small business local telephony services; voicemail, call waiting, and long distance; voice, data networking, Internet protocol (IP), and Ethernet services; private networking, Internet, IP voice, and cloud solutions; optical wave and multi-protocol label switching services; information technology and network technologies; cable access network services; telecommunications technical consulting services; and season games through television, smartphones, tablets, personal computers, and other streaming devices, as well as operates Ignite TV and Ignite TV app. Additionally, the company owns Toronto Blue Jays and the Rogers Centre event venue; and operates Sportsnet ONE, Sportsnet 360, Sportsnet World, Citytv, OMNI, FX (Canada), FXX (Canada), and OLN television networks, as well as 52 AM and FM radio stations. It also offers Rogers and the Rogers World Elite Mastercard. The company was founded in 1960 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.