FYBR vs. LBRDA, GLIBA, CABO, VIV, KT, PHI, TDS, LUMN, SHEN, and IDT
Should you be buying Frontier Communications Parent stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Frontier Communications Parent include Liberty Broadband (LBRDA), GCI Liberty (GLIBA), Cable One (CABO), Telefônica Brasil (VIV), KT (KT), PLDT (PHI), Telephone and Data Systems (TDS), Lumen Technologies (LUMN), Shenandoah Telecommunications (SHEN), and IDT (IDT).
Frontier Communications Parent (NASDAQ:FYBR) and Liberty Broadband (NASDAQ:LBRDA) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, dividends, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations and community ranking.
Liberty Broadband received 294 more outperform votes than Frontier Communications Parent when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.35% of users gave Liberty Broadband an outperform vote while only 56.67% of users gave Frontier Communications Parent an outperform vote.
Liberty Broadband has a net margin of 87.75% compared to Frontier Communications Parent's net margin of 0.47%. Liberty Broadband's return on equity of 9.55% beat Frontier Communications Parent's return on equity.
In the previous week, Frontier Communications Parent had 6 more articles in the media than Liberty Broadband. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Frontier Communications Parent and 1 mentions for Liberty Broadband. Liberty Broadband's average media sentiment score of 1.89 beat Frontier Communications Parent's score of 0.35 indicating that Liberty Broadband is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Frontier Communications Parent has a beta of 1.1, indicating that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Liberty Broadband has a beta of 1.03, indicating that its share price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Liberty Broadband has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Frontier Communications Parent. Liberty Broadband is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Frontier Communications Parent, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
10.3% of Liberty Broadband shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.4% of Frontier Communications Parent shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 14.2% of Liberty Broadband shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Frontier Communications Parent presently has a consensus target price of $29.13, suggesting a potential upside of 11.63%. Given Frontier Communications Parent's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Frontier Communications Parent is more favorable than Liberty Broadband.
Summary
Liberty Broadband beats Frontier Communications Parent on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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