Comcast (NASDAQ:CMCSA) Vs. CHTR, WBD, RCI, LBRDK, LBRDA, SJR, ROKU, LBTYK, LBTYA, and DISH
Should you be buying Comcast stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Comcast include Charter Communications (CHTR), Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), Rogers Communications (RCI), Liberty Broadband (LBRDK), Liberty Broadband (LBRDA), Shaw Communications (SJR), Roku (ROKU), Liberty Global (LBTYK), Liberty Global (LBTYA), and DISH Network (DISH). These companies are all part of the "cable & satellite" industry.These companies are all part of the "cable & other pay television services" industry.
Comcast vs.
Comcast (NASDAQ:CMCSA) and Charter Communications (NASDAQ:CHTR) are both large-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership and risk.
Comcast received 466 more outperform votes than Charter Communications when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 82.26% of users gave Comcast an outperform vote while only 66.90% of users gave Charter Communications an outperform vote.
Comcast has a net margin of 11.96% compared to Charter Communications' net margin of 9.64%. Charter Communications' return on equity of 25.34% beat Comcast's return on equity.
In the previous week, Comcast had 1 more articles in the media than Charter Communications. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Comcast and 14 mentions for Charter Communications. Comcast's average media sentiment score of 0.37 beat Charter Communications' score of 0.17 indicating that Comcast is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Comcast has a beta of 0.97, indicating that its share price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Charter Communications has a beta of 1.04, indicating that its share price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500.
83.3% of Comcast shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.6% of Charter Communications shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.4% of Comcast shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of Charter Communications shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
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.
Comcast presently has a consensus target price of $59.46, indicating a potential upside of 41.13%. Charter Communications has a consensus target price of $684.27, indicating a potential upside of 45.74%. Given Charter Communications' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Charter Communications is more favorable than Comcast.
Summary
Comcast beats Charter Communications on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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.
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.
Comcast (NASDAQ:CMCSA) vs. Its Competitors
