Analyzing Bandwidth (NASDAQ:BAND) & Shaw Communications (OTCMKTS:SJRWF)

Shaw Communications (OTCMKTS:SJRWF) and Bandwidth (NASDAQ:BAND) are both communication services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, risk, profitability, dividends, earnings and analyst recommendations.

Profitability

This table compares Shaw Communications and Bandwidth’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Shaw Communications	N/A	N/A	N/A
Bandwidth	0.27%	1.85%	0.70%

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets for Shaw Communications and Bandwidth, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Shaw Communications	0	0	0	0	0.00
Bandwidth	0	2	5	0	2.71

Bandwidth has a consensus price target of $61.75, suggesting a potential upside of 38.17%. Given Bandwidth’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Bandwidth is more favorable than Shaw Communications.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

68.5% of Bandwidth shares are held by institutional investors. 5.3% of Bandwidth shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Shaw Communications and Bandwidth”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Shaw Communications	N/A	N/A	N/A	$1.82	16.49
Bandwidth	$753.82 million	1.90	-$12.91 million	($0.29)	-154.10

Shaw Communications has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Bandwidth. Bandwidth is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Shaw Communications, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Summary

Bandwidth beats Shaw Communications on 9 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Shaw Communications

Shaw Communications Inc. operates as a connectivity company in North America. The company's Wireline segment provides cable telecommunications services, including video, Internet, WiFi, phone, satellite video, and data networking through a national fibre-optic backbone network to Canadian consumers, North American businesses, and public-sector entities. Its Wireless segment provides wireless services for voice and data communications serving customers in Ontario, British Columbia, and Alberta through Freedom Mobile; and in British Columbia and Alberta through Shaw Mobile. The company was formerly known as Shaw Cablesystems Ltd. and changed its name to Shaw Communications Inc. in May 1993. Shaw Communications Inc. was incorporated in 1966 and is headquartered in Calgary, Canada.

About Bandwidth

Bandwidth is a leading enterprise cloud communications company. Companies like Cisco, Google, Microsoft, RingCentral, Uber, and Zoom use Bandwidth’s APIs to easily embed voice, messaging, and emergency services into software and applications. Bandwidth is the first and only CPaaS provider offering a robust selection of communications APIs built around their own IP voice network.