CHTR vs. WBD, DKNG, RCL, LVS, EA, TCOM, LULU, HLT, TTWO, and RBLX
Should you be buying Charter Communications stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Charter Communications include Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), DraftKings (DKNG), Royal Caribbean Cruises (RCL), Las Vegas Sands (LVS), Electronic Arts (EA), Trip.com Group (TCOM), Lululemon Athletica (LULU), Hilton Worldwide (HLT), Take-Two Interactive Software (TTWO), and Roblox (RBLX). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
Charter Communications (NASDAQ:CHTR) and Warner Bros. Discovery (NASDAQ:WBD) are both large-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk, profitability, earnings, valuation and dividends.
Charter Communications has higher revenue and earnings than Warner Bros. Discovery. Warner Bros. Discovery is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Charter Communications, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Charter Communications has a beta of 0.96, suggesting that its stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Warner Bros. Discovery has a beta of 1.51, suggesting that its stock price is 51% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Charter Communications currently has a consensus price target of $380.80, suggesting a potential upside of 49.56%. Warner Bros. Discovery has a consensus price target of $13.83, suggesting a potential upside of 70.57%. Given Warner Bros. Discovery's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Warner Bros. Discovery is more favorable than Charter Communications.
Charter Communications received 752 more outperform votes than Warner Bros. Discovery when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.01% of users gave Charter Communications an outperform vote while only 42.17% of users gave Warner Bros. Discovery an outperform vote.
Charter Communications has a net margin of 8.35% compared to Warner Bros. Discovery's net margin of -7.57%. Charter Communications' return on equity of 32.32% beat Warner Bros. Discovery's return on equity.
81.8% of Charter Communications shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 60.0% of Warner Bros. Discovery shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of Charter Communications shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of Warner Bros. Discovery 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, Charter Communications had 5 more articles in the media than Warner Bros. Discovery. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for Charter Communications and 22 mentions for Warner Bros. Discovery. Charter Communications' average media sentiment score of 0.54 beat Warner Bros. Discovery's score of 0.32 indicating that Charter Communications is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Charter Communications beats Warner Bros. Discovery on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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