LBTYA vs. DISH, SIRI, CABO, LILA, ATUS, AMCX, CMCSA, CHTR, RCI, and WBD
Should you be buying Liberty Global stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Liberty Global include DISH Network (DISH), Sirius XM (SIRI), Cable One (CABO), Liberty Latin America (LILA), Altice USA (ATUS), AMC Networks (AMCX), Comcast (CMCSA), Charter Communications (CHTR), Rogers Communications (RCI), and Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD).
Liberty Global (NASDAQ:LBTYA) and DISH Network (NASDAQ:DISH) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations and risk.
DISH Network received 105 more outperform votes than Liberty Global when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 70.54% of users gave Liberty Global an outperform vote while only 60.09% of users gave DISH Network an outperform vote.
37.2% of Liberty Global shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.2% of DISH Network shares are held by institutional investors. 11.5% of Liberty Global shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 55.5% of DISH Network shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Liberty Global had 6 more articles in the media than DISH Network. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Liberty Global and 0 mentions for DISH Network. Liberty Global's average media sentiment score of 1.87 beat DISH Network's score of -0.08 indicating that Liberty Global is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Liberty Global currently has a consensus price target of $24.25, indicating a potential upside of 34.05%. DISH Network has a consensus price target of $10.30, indicating a potential upside of 78.51%. Given DISH Network's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe DISH Network is more favorable than Liberty Global.
DISH Network has higher revenue and earnings than Liberty Global. Liberty Global is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than DISH Network, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Liberty Global has a beta of 1.17, meaning that its share price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DISH Network has a beta of 1.66, meaning that its share price is 66% more volatile than the S&P 500.
DISH Network has a net margin of 7.81% compared to Liberty Global's net margin of -37.27%. DISH Network's return on equity of 6.70% beat Liberty Global's return on equity.
Summary
DISH Network beats Liberty Global on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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