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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

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

72.2% of Amazon.com shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.3% of Comcast shares are held by institutional investors. 9.7% of Amazon.com shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of Comcast shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company 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
Amazon.com10.54% 23.84% 11.14%
Comcast 18.44%18.86%6.24%

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
Amazon.com$637.96B3.85$59.25B$6.5635.11
Comcast$123.73B1.00$16.19B$6.055.53

In the previous week, Amazon.com had 203 more articles in the media than Comcast. MarketBeat recorded 264 mentions for Amazon.com and 61 mentions for Comcast. Comcast's average media sentiment score of 1.40 beat Amazon.com's score of 1.08 indicating that Comcast is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Amazon.com
190 Very Positive mention(s)
28 Positive mention(s)
31 Neutral mention(s)
10 Negative mention(s)
2 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Comcast
46 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
10 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Amazon.com presently has a consensus price target of $262.87, indicating a potential upside of 14.13%. Comcast has a consensus price target of $40.56, indicating a potential upside of 21.13%. Given Comcast's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Comcast is more favorable than Amazon.com.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Amazon.com
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
46 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Comcast
3 Sell rating(s)
13 Hold rating(s)
12 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.38

Amazon.com has a beta of 1.3, indicating that its share price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Comcast has a beta of 0.93, indicating that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Amazon.com beats Comcast on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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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$124.32B$26.59B$8.47B$10.07B
Dividend Yield3.92%1.47%3.01%4.53%
P/E Ratio5.534.0918.3226.01
Price / Sales1.003.535.07117.75
Price / Cash4.015.8117.0259.95
Price / Book1.471.265.026.20
Net Income$16.19B$3.13B$255.12M$270.65M
7 Day Performance-1.38%0.39%0.07%2.84%
1 Month Performance6.59%23.46%19.64%7.23%
1 Year Performance-13.44%12.38%53.14%26.49%

Comcast Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CMCSA
Comcast
4.9808 of 5 stars
$33.48
-0.6%
$40.56
+21.1%
-14.5%$124.32B$123.73B5.53182,000News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
AMZN
Amazon.com
4.631 of 5 stars
$229.00
-1.1%
$262.87
+14.8%
+28.3%$2.44T$670.04B34.911,556,000Trending News
CHTR
Charter Communications
4.8702 of 5 stars
$265.58
+0.7%
$404.71
+52.4%
-18.7%$36.28B$55.09B7.2794,500Trending News
Analyst Forecast
GOOG
Alphabet
4.2999 of 5 stars
$213.53
+0.5%
$215.19
+0.8%
+59.7%$2.58T$350.02B22.74190,200Trending News
Ex-Dividend
Analyst Downgrade
GOOGL
Alphabet
3.3292 of 5 stars
$212.91
+0.6%
$211.53
-0.6%
+60.9%$2.57T$350.02B22.67183,323Trending News
Ex-Dividend
Analyst Downgrade
NFLX
Netflix
4.2733 of 5 stars
$1,208.25
-1.9%
$1,297.66
+7.4%
+85.2%$513.42B$39.00B51.4814,000Trending News
Analyst Forecast
ROKU
Roku
1.9994 of 5 stars
$96.56
-1.0%
$98.96
+2.5%
+44.6%$14.23B$4.11B-229.903,340Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
WBD
Warner Bros. Discovery
3.2497 of 5 stars
$11.64
-3.5%
$13.14
+12.9%
+78.6%$28.82B$39.32B38.8035,000Trending News
DIS
Walt Disney
4.8514 of 5 stars
$118.39
+0.6%
$131.18
+10.8%
+31.1%$212.86B$94.54B18.56233,000Trending News
T
AT&T
4.6218 of 5 stars
$29.29
+1.2%
$30.21
+3.2%
+34.6%$209.43B$123.98B16.64140,990Trending News
SIRI
Sirius XM
4.2213 of 5 stars
$23.64
+1.2%
$26.18
+10.8%
-13.0%$7.96B$8.90B-3.505,515Trending News
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