CHTR vs. RCI, WBD, DKNG, EA, HLT, RCL, TCOM, LULU, TTWO, and RBLX
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), Electronic Arts (EA), Hilton Worldwide (HLT), Royal Caribbean Cruises (RCL), Trip.com Group (TCOM), Lululemon Athletica (LULU), Take-Two Interactive Software (TTWO), and Roblox (RBLX). 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 compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends and profitability.
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.
Rogers Communications currently has a consensus price target of $52.00, indicating a potential upside of 23.19%. Charter Communications has a consensus price target of $410.94, indicating a potential upside of 37.61%. Given Rogers Communications' higher probable upside, analysts clearly 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, 63.37% of users gave Charter Communications an outperform vote while only 56.92% of users gave Rogers Communications an outperform vote.
Rogers Communications has a beta of 0.6, indicating that its share price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Charter Communications has a beta of 0.96, indicating that its share price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Charter Communications had 10 more articles in the media than Rogers Communications. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Charter Communications and 5 mentions for Rogers Communications. Rogers Communications' average media sentiment score of 0.78 beat Charter Communications' score of 0.17 indicating that Charter Communications is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Charter Communications has a net margin of 8.35% compared to Charter Communications' net margin of 4.38%. Rogers Communications' return on equity of 32.32% beat Charter Communications' return on equity.
44.3% of Rogers Communications shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.8% of Charter Communications shares are held by institutional investors. 29.0% of Rogers Communications shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.3% of Charter Communications shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers 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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