CMCSA vs. CHTR, NKE, DIS, NFLX, SONY, ATVI, MAR, LULU, LVS, and LBTYA
Should you be buying Comcast stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Comcast include Charter Communications (CHTR), NIKE (NKE), Walt Disney (DIS), Netflix (NFLX), Sony Group (SONY), Activision Blizzard (ATVI), Marriott International (MAR), Lululemon Athletica (LULU), Las Vegas Sands (LVS), and Liberty Global (LBTYA). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
Comcast vs.
Charter Communications (NASDAQ:CHTR) and Comcast (NASDAQ:CMCSA) are both large-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, dividends, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation and media sentiment.
66.1% of Charter Communications shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.2% of Comcast shares are held by institutional investors. 2.3% of Charter Communications shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Comcast shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Comcast has higher revenue and earnings than Charter Communications. Charter Communications is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Comcast, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Charter Communications presently has a consensus target price of $481.35, suggesting a potential upside of 46.74%. Comcast has a consensus target price of $45.21, suggesting a potential upside of 15.80%. Given Charter Communications' higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Charter Communications is more favorable than Comcast.
Charter Communications has a net margin of 8.95% compared to Comcast's net margin of 4.71%. Charter Communications' return on equity of 37.99% beat Comcast's return on equity.
Charter Communications has a beta of 1.1, suggesting that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Comcast has a beta of 0.99, suggesting that its share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Comcast received 474 more outperform votes than Charter Communications when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 79.63% of users gave Comcast an outperform vote while only 64.04% of users gave Charter Communications an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Comcast had 7 more articles in the media than Charter Communications. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Comcast and 3 mentions for Charter Communications. Charter Communications' average media sentiment score of 1.17 beat Comcast's score of 0.56 indicating that Charter Communications is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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.
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