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CHTR vs. CMCSA, LBRDA, LBRDK, TMUS, T, VZ, SIRI, LBTYA, AMCX, and CABO

Should you be buying Charter Communications stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Charter Communications include Comcast (CMCSA), Liberty Broadband (LBRDA), Liberty Broadband (LBRDK), T-Mobile US (TMUS), AT&T (T), Verizon Communications (VZ), Sirius XM (SIRI), Liberty Global (LBTYA), AMC Networks (AMCX), and Cable One (CABO).

Charter Communications vs. Its Competitors

Charter Communications (NASDAQ:CHTR) and Comcast (NASDAQ:CMCSA) are both large-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends and profitability.

Charter Communications has a beta of 1.02, suggesting that its stock price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Comcast has a beta of 0.93, suggesting that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Comcast has a net margin of 18.44% compared to Charter Communications' net margin of 9.53%. Charter Communications' return on equity of 26.77% beat Comcast's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Charter Communications9.53% 26.77% 3.50%
Comcast 18.44%18.86%6.24%

In the previous week, Comcast had 17 more articles in the media than Charter Communications. MarketBeat recorded 71 mentions for Comcast and 54 mentions for Charter Communications. Comcast's average media sentiment score of 1.30 beat Charter Communications' score of 0.39 indicating that Comcast is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Charter Communications
15 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
29 Neutral mention(s)
6 Negative mention(s)
2 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Comcast
51 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
12 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Charter Communications$55.09B0.65$5.08B$36.527.21
Comcast$123.73B0.99$16.19B$6.055.46

81.8% of Charter Communications shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.3% of Comcast shares are held by institutional investors. 0.8% of Charter Communications shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of Comcast shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Charter Communications presently has a consensus price target of $392.94, indicating a potential upside of 49.18%. Comcast has a consensus price target of $40.56, indicating a potential upside of 22.67%. Given Charter Communications' higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Charter Communications is more favorable than Comcast.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Charter Communications
4 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.20
Comcast
3 Sell rating(s)
13 Hold rating(s)
12 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.38

Summary

Comcast beats Charter Communications on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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CHTR vs. The Competition

MetricCharter CommunicationsCABLE TV IndustryDiscretionary SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$36.05B$23.98B$8.36B$10.14B
Dividend YieldN/A1.48%2.99%4.60%
P/E Ratio7.214.0918.5525.98
Price / Sales0.653.305.21181.13
Price / Cash2.725.8817.0560.44
Price / Book1.901.265.106.29
Net Income$5.08B$3.13B$256.92M$271.07M
7 Day Performance0.73%0.19%2.04%3.87%
1 Month Performance-2.08%13.76%18.14%4.88%
1 Year Performance-22.57%11.53%52.00%26.12%

Charter Communications Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CHTR
Charter Communications
4.8844 of 5 stars
$263.40
-0.2%
$392.94
+49.2%
-22.3%$36.05B$55.09B7.2194,500Trending News
Analyst Forecast
CMCSA
Comcast
4.9896 of 5 stars
$34.00
+0.3%
$40.63
+19.5%
-15.9%$125.54B$123.73B5.62182,000News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
LBRDA
Liberty Broadband
4.6252 of 5 stars
$60.11
+0.6%
$100.67
+67.5%
+0.4%$8.63B$1.02B7.931,900Positive News
Gap Down
LBRDK
Liberty Broadband
4.2095 of 5 stars
$60.54
+0.9%
N/A-0.9%$8.69B$1.02B7.991,900Positive News
Gap Down
TMUS
T-Mobile US
4.6754 of 5 stars
$242.90
-3.9%
$258.02
+6.2%
+19.4%$273.36B$81.40B22.9270,000Positive News
Insider Trade
T
AT&T
4.4157 of 5 stars
$28.91
-2.3%
$30.60
+5.8%
+37.1%$206.68B$122.34B16.42140,990Trending News
VZ
Verizon Communications
4.6991 of 5 stars
$43.32
-2.4%
$47.65
+10.0%
+0.3%$182.66B$134.79B10.1099,600Positive News
Dividend Increase
SIRI
Sirius XM
4.3222 of 5 stars
$24.43
+1.5%
$26.18
+7.2%
-8.8%$8.23B$8.70B-3.625,515
LBTYA
Liberty Global
3.4155 of 5 stars
$11.71
-1.5%
$14.26
+21.8%
-39.6%$3.99B$4.34B-1.206,820Positive News
AMCX
AMC Networks
2.0821 of 5 stars
$7.91
+4.6%
$5.38
-32.0%
-0.2%$343.14M$2.42B-1.811,800News Coverage
Positive News
CABO
Cable One
4.6518 of 5 stars
$163.59
-0.2%
$279.25
+70.7%
-46.9%$921.03M$1.58B-1.852,817

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This page (NASDAQ:CHTR) was last updated on 9/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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