CHTR vs. DISCA, DISH, CMCSA, SIRI, LBTYA, AMCX, WBD, RCI, ROKU, and LBRDK
Should you be buying Charter Communications stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Charter Communications include Warner Bros. Discovery (DISCA), DISH Network (DISH), Comcast (CMCSA), Sirius XM (SIRI), Liberty Global (LBTYA), AMC Networks (AMCX), Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), Rogers Communications (RCI), Roku (ROKU), and Liberty Broadband (LBRDK).
Warner Bros. Discovery (NASDAQ:DISCA) and Charter Communications (NASDAQ:CHTR) are both large-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, community ranking and dividends.
Warner Bros. Discovery has a beta of 1.12, suggesting that its share price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Charter Communications has a beta of 1.04, suggesting that its share price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Charter Communications has a net margin of 8.50% compared to Charter Communications' net margin of 8.25%. Warner Bros. Discovery's return on equity of 31.42% beat Charter Communications' return on equity.
Charter Communications received 149 more outperform votes than Warner Bros. Discovery when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.64% of users gave Charter Communications an outperform vote while only 56.85% of users gave Warner Bros. Discovery an outperform vote.
Charter Communications has a consensus price target of $331.80, suggesting a potential downside of 9.82%. Given Warner Bros. Discovery's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Charter Communications is more favorable than Warner Bros. Discovery.
In the previous week, Charter Communications had 10 more articles in the media than Warner Bros. Discovery. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Charter Communications and 9 mentions for Warner Bros. Discovery. Warner Bros. Discovery's average media sentiment score of 0.54 beat Charter Communications' score of 0.00 indicating that Charter Communications is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Charter Communications has higher revenue and earnings than Warner Bros. Discovery. Charter Communications is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Warner Bros. Discovery, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
35.5% of Warner Bros. Discovery shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.8% of Charter Communications shares are held by institutional investors. 6.1% of Warner Bros. Discovery shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Charter Communications shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Charter Communications beats Warner Bros. Discovery on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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