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CMCSA vs. AMZN, CHTR, GOOG, GOOGL, NFLX, ROKU, WBD, DIS, T, and SIRI

Should you be buying Comcast stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Comcast include Amazon.com (AMZN), Charter Communications (CHTR), Alphabet (GOOG), Alphabet (GOOGL), Netflix (NFLX), Roku (ROKU), Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), Walt Disney (DIS), AT&T (T), and Sirius XM (SIRI).

Comcast vs. Its Competitors

Comcast (NASDAQ:CMCSA) and Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) are related large-cap companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, profitability and analyst recommendations.

In the previous week, Amazon.com had 185 more articles in the media than Comcast. MarketBeat recorded 253 mentions for Amazon.com and 68 mentions for Comcast. Amazon.com's average media sentiment score of 0.90 beat Comcast's score of 0.73 indicating that Amazon.com is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Comcast
40 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
11 Neutral mention(s)
10 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Amazon.com
150 Very Positive mention(s)
44 Positive mention(s)
27 Neutral mention(s)
22 Negative mention(s)
6 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Comcast presently has a consensus target price of $39.94, suggesting a potential upside of 30.22%. Amazon.com has a consensus target price of $266.26, suggesting a potential upside of 20.38%. Given Comcast's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Comcast is more favorable than Amazon.com.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Comcast
3 Sell rating(s)
14 Hold rating(s)
12 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.37
Amazon.com
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
47 Buy rating(s)
3 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.04

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Comcast$124.18B0.91$16.19B$6.055.07
Amazon.com$637.96B3.70$59.25B$6.5633.72

Comcast has a beta of 0.94, indicating that its share price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Amazon.com has a beta of 1.28, indicating that its share price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500.

84.3% of Comcast shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.2% of Amazon.com shares are held by institutional investors. 1.3% of Comcast shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 10.8% of Amazon.com shares are held by 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.

Comcast has a net margin of 18.44% compared to Amazon.com's net margin of 10.54%. Amazon.com's return on equity of 23.84% beat Comcast's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Comcast18.44% 18.86% 6.24%
Amazon.com 10.54%23.84%11.14%

Summary

Amazon.com beats Comcast on 14 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding CMCSA and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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CMCSA vs. The Competition

MetricComcastCABLE TV IndustryDiscretionary SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$113.52B$25.82B$8.36B$10.54B
Dividend Yield4.34%1.64%3.00%4.67%
P/E Ratio5.084.2118.1026.88
Price / Sales0.913.646.23184.34
Price / Cash3.686.1514.8731.10
Price / Book1.351.254.856.71
Net Income$16.19B$3.13B$256.85M$276.44M
7 Day Performance-2.37%0.00%-1.91%3.08%
1 Month Performance-9.54%-0.16%-0.20%10.20%
1 Year Performance-24.37%-0.91%46.54%40.77%

Comcast Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CMCSA
Comcast
4.9886 of 5 stars
$30.60
-1.6%
$39.94
+30.5%
-24.5%$112.98B$124.18B5.06182,000Trending News
Analyst Forecast
AMZN
Amazon.com
4.8565 of 5 stars
$221.70
+0.9%
$264.13
+19.1%
+18.4%$2.36T$637.96B33.801,556,000Trending News
CHTR
Charter Communications
4.8065 of 5 stars
$277.61
+1.5%
$384.89
+38.6%
-13.4%$37.94B$55.09B7.6194,500Trending News
Analyst Forecast
GOOG
Alphabet
4.5253 of 5 stars
$243.33
-1.6%
$230.35
-5.3%
+49.2%$2.95T$350.02B25.93190,200Trending News
GOOGL
Alphabet
3.6768 of 5 stars
$242.91
-1.5%
$233.44
-3.9%
+49.9%$2.94T$350.02B25.89183,323Trending News
Analyst Forecast
NFLX
Netflix
4.5502 of 5 stars
$1,200.53
-0.8%
$1,328.87
+10.7%
+61.6%$510.41B$39.00B51.1814,000Trending News
Analyst Downgrade
ROKU
Roku
1.9744 of 5 stars
$100.25
+0.7%
$101.33
+1.1%
+38.1%$14.79B$4.11B-238.943,340Trending News
WBD
Warner Bros. Discovery
2.5685 of 5 stars
$18.93
-3.0%
$14.07
-25.7%
+145.2%$46.94B$39.32B63.2035,000Analyst Forecast
DIS
Walt Disney
4.8244 of 5 stars
$114.75
+1.1%
$131.18
+14.3%
+18.6%$206.28B$91.36B17.98233,000Trending News
Analyst Revision
T
AT&T
4.8145 of 5 stars
$28.12
-0.7%
$30.74
+9.3%
+18.1%$201.03B$122.34B15.97140,990Trending News
Analyst Forecast
SIRI
Sirius XM
4.5595 of 5 stars
$22.73
+0.1%
$26.70
+17.5%
+0.0%$7.66B$8.70B-3.375,515

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