Rogers Communication (RCI) Q2 Earnings: How Key Metrics Compare to Wall Street Estimates

While investors closely watch year-over-year changes in headline numbers -- revenue and earnings -- and how they compare to Wall Street expectations to determine their next course of action, some key metrics always provide a better insight into a company's underlying performance.

As these metrics influence top- and bottom-line performance, comparing them to the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated helps investors project a stock's price performance more accurately.

Here is how Rogers Communication performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:

• Wireless Subscriber - Postpaid mobile phone - Gross additions: 333 thousand versus the two-analyst average estimate of 361.47 thousand.
• Home Phone - Total Home Phone Subscriber: 1.33 million versus 1.34 million estimated by two analysts on average.
• Wireless Subscriber - Total Postpaid mobile phone subscribers: 11.05 million versus 11.05 million estimated by two analysts on average.
• Wireless Subscriber - Postpaid churn: 0.9% versus the two-analyst average estimate of 1%.
• Wireless Subscriber - Prepaid mobile phone - Gross additions: 199 thousand versus the two-analyst average estimate of 138.49 thousand.
• Wireless Subscriber - Prepaid mobile phone - Net additions: 18 thousand versus 18.63 thousand estimated by two analysts on average.
• Wireless Subscriber - Total prepaid mobile phone subscribers: 1.22 million compared to the 1.22 million average estimate based on two analysts.
• Wireless Subscriber - Prepaid churn: 5% compared to the 3.3% average estimate based on two analysts.
• Cable Subscriber - Homes passed: 10.62 million versus the two-analyst average estimate of 10.57 million.
• Cable Subscriber - Net additions: 9 thousand compared to the 13.71 thousand average estimate based on two analysts.
• Cable Subscriber - Total Customer Relationships: 4.86 million versus the two-analyst average estimate of 4.87 million.
• Retail Internet - Net Additions: 17 thousand versus 19.14 thousand estimated by two analysts on average.

View all Key Company Metrics for Rogers Communication here>>>

Shares of Rogers Communication have returned -6% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +0.3% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #4 (Sell), indicating that it could underperform the broader market in the near term.

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