CHTR vs. RCI, WBD, DKNG, RCL, EA, LVS, TCOM, LULU, HLT, and TTWO
Should you be buying Charter Communications stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Charter Communications include Rogers Communications (RCI), Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), DraftKings (DKNG), Royal Caribbean Cruises (RCL), Electronic Arts (EA), Las Vegas Sands (LVS), Trip.com Group (TCOM), Lululemon Athletica (LULU), Hilton Worldwide (HLT), and Take-Two Interactive Software (TTWO). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
Rogers Communications (NYSE:RCI) and Charter Communications (NASDAQ:CHTR) are both large-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, valuation and community ranking.
Rogers Communications currently has a consensus price target of $46.00, suggesting a potential upside of 19.70%. Charter Communications has a consensus price target of $356.47, suggesting a potential upside of 34.05%. Given Rogers Communications' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Charter Communications is more favorable than Rogers Communications.
Charter Communications received 380 more outperform votes than Rogers Communications when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.79% of users gave Charter Communications an outperform vote while only 56.82% of users gave Rogers Communications an outperform vote.
Rogers Communications has a beta of 0.62, meaning that its share price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Charter Communications has a beta of 0.97, meaning that its share price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Charter Communications had 20 more articles in the media than Rogers Communications. MarketBeat recorded 33 mentions for Charter Communications and 13 mentions for Rogers Communications. Rogers Communications' average media sentiment score of -0.11 beat Charter Communications' score of -0.12 indicating that Charter Communications is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Charter Communications has a net margin of 8.50% compared to Charter Communications' net margin of 2.90%. Rogers Communications' return on equity of 31.42% beat Charter Communications' return on equity.
Charter Communications has higher revenue and earnings than Rogers Communications. Charter Communications is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Rogers Communications, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
45.5% of Rogers Communications shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.8% of Charter Communications shares are owned by institutional investors. 29.0% of Rogers Communications shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Charter Communications shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Charter Communications beats Rogers Communications on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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