Comcast (CMCSA) Competitors

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

Which has more risk and volatility, CMCSA or CHTR?

Comcast has a beta of 0.95, meaning that its stock price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Charter Communications has a beta of 1.07, meaning that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of CMCSA or CHTR?

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

Is CMCSA or CHTR more profitable?

Comcast has a net margin of 13.09% compared to Charter Communications' net margin of 9.23%. Charter Communications' return on equity of 29.01% beat Comcast's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Comcast	13.09%	19.98%	6.38%
Charter Communications	9.23%	29.01%	3.41%

Do analysts rate CMCSA or CHTR?

Comcast currently has a consensus price target of $42.10, suggesting a potential upside of 18.18%. Charter Communications has a consensus price target of $409.42, suggesting a potential upside of 0.65%. Given Comcast's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Comcast is more favorable than Charter Communications.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Comcast	2 Sell rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Charter Communications	4 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.20

Which has higher earnings and valuation, CMCSA or CHTR?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Comcast	$123.56B	1.08	$16.19B	$4.07	8.75
Charter Communications	$55.14B	1.04	$5.08B	$35.83	11.35

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CMCSA or CHTR?

Comcast received 499 more outperform votes than Charter Communications when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 77.35% of users gave Comcast an outperform vote while only 61.41% of users gave Charter Communications an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Comcast	Outperform Votes 1301 77.35%	Underperform Votes 381 22.65%
Charter Communications	Outperform Votes 802 61.41%	Underperform Votes 504 38.59%

Does the media refer more to CMCSA or CHTR?

In the previous week, Comcast had 45 more articles in the media than Charter Communications. MarketBeat recorded 53 mentions for Comcast and 8 mentions for Charter Communications. Comcast's average media sentiment score of 1.31 beat Charter Communications' score of 0.78 indicating that Comcast is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Comcast	41 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	10 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Charter Communications	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Comcast beats Charter Communications on 15 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.