Cogeco Communications Inc.

TSX:CCA Stock Report

Market Cap: CA$2.3b

Cogeco Communications Valuation

Is CCA undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

6/6

Valuation Score 6/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of CCA when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: CCA (CA$54.5) is trading below our estimate of fair value (CA$99.63)

Significantly Below Fair Value: CCA is trading below fair value by more than 20%.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for CCA?

Other financial metrics that can be useful for relative valuation.

CCA key valuation metrics and ratios. From Price to Earnings, Price to Sales and Price to Book to Price to Earnings Growth Ratio, Enterprise Value and EBITDA.
Key Statistics
Enterprise Value/Revenue2.6x
Enterprise Value/EBITDA5.4x
PEG Ratio-4x

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does CCA's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for CCA vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average19.7x
QBR.A Quebecor
10.3x5.7%CA$6.6b
CGO Cogeco
9.2x50.2%CA$488.4m
T TELUS
39.2x19.2%CA$32.6b
BCE BCE
20.1x10.0%CA$41.3b
CCA Cogeco Communications
6.3x-1.6%CA$2.3b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: CCA is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (6.3x) compared to the peer average (19.7x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does CCA's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the North American Telecom Industry?

0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.n/a12.6%
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No. of CompaniesPE048121620

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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: CCA is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (6.3x) compared to the Global Telecom industry average (15.7x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is CCA's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

CCA PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio6.3x
Fair PE Ratio10.7x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: CCA is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (6.3x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (10.7x).


Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst CCA forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentCA$54.50
CA$68.85
+26.3%
13.2%CA$90.00CA$60.00n/a10
Apr ’25CA$59.51
CA$71.40
+20.0%
13.6%CA$93.00CA$63.00n/a10
Mar ’25CA$61.66
CA$71.40
+15.8%
13.6%CA$93.00CA$63.00n/a10
Feb ’25CA$62.33
CA$71.40
+14.6%
13.6%CA$93.00CA$63.00n/a10
Jan ’25CA$59.35
CA$71.30
+20.1%
13.7%CA$93.00CA$63.00n/a10
Dec ’24CA$53.70
CA$68.18
+27.0%
14.3%CA$87.00CA$50.00n/a10
Nov ’24CA$55.16
CA$73.85
+33.9%
13.3%CA$96.00CA$60.00n/a10
Oct ’24CA$62.87
CA$78.00
+24.1%
13.3%CA$96.00CA$60.00n/a10
Sep ’24CA$65.63
CA$78.90
+20.2%
15.4%CA$105.00CA$60.00n/a10
Aug ’24CA$66.23
CA$78.90
+19.1%
15.4%CA$105.00CA$60.00n/a10
Jul ’24CA$70.69
CA$79.10
+11.9%
16.1%CA$105.00CA$60.00n/a10
Jun ’24CA$64.26
CA$80.16
+24.7%
15.7%CA$105.00CA$60.00n/a11
May ’24CA$65.82
CA$80.16
+21.8%
15.7%CA$105.00CA$60.00CA$54.5011
Apr ’24CA$65.83
CA$87.97
+33.6%
12.0%CA$110.00CA$74.00CA$59.5110
Mar ’24CA$68.59
CA$86.34
+25.9%
13.1%CA$110.00CA$70.00CA$61.6611
Feb ’24CA$70.32
CA$86.34
+22.8%
13.1%CA$110.00CA$70.00CA$62.3311
Jan ’24CA$76.79
CA$91.70
+19.4%
14.4%CA$115.00CA$72.00CA$59.3511
Dec ’23CA$77.89
CA$91.70
+17.7%
14.4%CA$115.00CA$72.00CA$53.7011
Nov ’23CA$71.65
CA$92.05
+28.5%
15.1%CA$115.00CA$72.00CA$55.1610
Oct ’23CA$72.11
CA$108.55
+50.5%
10.7%CA$130.00CA$90.00CA$62.8710
Sep ’23CA$78.92
CA$110.55
+40.1%
10.6%CA$130.00CA$90.00CA$65.6310
Aug ’23CA$82.89
CA$110.55
+33.4%
10.6%CA$130.00CA$90.00CA$66.2310
Jul ’23CA$87.07
CA$122.40
+40.6%
8.3%CA$141.00CA$100.00CA$70.6910
Jun ’23CA$104.43
CA$127.20
+21.8%
6.4%CA$141.00CA$117.00CA$64.2610
May ’23CA$105.50
CA$128.70
+22.0%
6.2%CA$141.00CA$117.00CA$65.8210

Analyst Forecast: Target price is more than 20% higher than the current share price and analysts are within a statistically confident range of agreement.


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