Comcast (CMCSA) Competitors

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

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

84.3% of Comcast shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.8% of Charter Communications shares are held by institutional investors. 1.3% of Comcast shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Charter Communications shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company 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 presently has a consensus price target of $42.10, indicating a potential upside of 23.09%. Charter Communications has a consensus price target of $399.35, indicating a potential upside of 1.91%. Given Comcast's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, 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)	8 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.52
Charter Communications	5 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.06

Which has more risk and volatility, CMCSA or CHTR?

Comcast has a beta of 0.94, indicating that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Charter Communications has a beta of 1.13, indicating that its stock price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CMCSA or CHTR?

Comcast received 501 more outperform votes than Charter Communications when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 77.39% of users gave Comcast an outperform vote while only 61.44% of users gave Charter Communications an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Comcast	Outperform Votes 1301 77.39%	Underperform Votes 380 22.61%
Charter Communications	Outperform Votes 800 61.44%	Underperform Votes 502 38.56%

Which has preferable 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	1.05	$16.19B	$4.07	8.40
Charter Communications	$55.09B	1.01	$5.08B	$35.83	10.94

Does the media favor CMCSA or CHTR?

In the previous week, Charter Communications had 1 more articles in the media than Comcast. MarketBeat recorded 57 mentions for Charter Communications and 56 mentions for Comcast. Charter Communications' average media sentiment score of 0.77 beat Comcast's score of 0.60 indicating that Charter Communications is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Comcast	25 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	13 Neutral mention(s)	6 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Charter Communications	26 Very Positive mention(s)	6 Positive mention(s)	17 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Comcast beats Charter Communications on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.