Liberty Broadband (LBRDA) Competitors

Chunghwa Telecom (NYSE:CHT) and Liberty Broadband (NASDAQ:LBRDA) are both large-cap utilities companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking and profitability.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CHT or LBRDA?

Liberty Broadband received 49 more outperform votes than Chunghwa Telecom when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.14% of users gave Liberty Broadband an outperform vote while only 63.09% of users gave Chunghwa Telecom an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Chunghwa Telecom	Outperform Votes 282 63.09%	Underperform Votes 165 36.91%
Liberty Broadband	Outperform Votes 331 67.14%	Underperform Votes 162 32.86%

Do analysts recommend CHT or LBRDA?

Liberty Broadband has a consensus target price of $86.20, suggesting a potential downside of 3.20%. Given Liberty Broadband's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Liberty Broadband is more favorable than Chunghwa Telecom.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Chunghwa Telecom	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Liberty Broadband	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.40

Is CHT or LBRDA more profitable?

Liberty Broadband has a net margin of 78.07% compared to Chunghwa Telecom's net margin of 16.18%. Chunghwa Telecom's return on equity of 9.53% beat Liberty Broadband's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Chunghwa Telecom	16.18%	9.53%	7.07%
Liberty Broadband	78.07%	8.45%	4.92%

Does the media refer more to CHT or LBRDA?

In the previous week, Liberty Broadband had 7 more articles in the media than Chunghwa Telecom. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Liberty Broadband and 3 mentions for Chunghwa Telecom. Liberty Broadband's average media sentiment score of 1.73 beat Chunghwa Telecom's score of 0.74 indicating that Liberty Broadband is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Chunghwa Telecom	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Liberty Broadband	8 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Which has more volatility and risk, CHT or LBRDA?

Chunghwa Telecom has a beta of 0.22, suggesting that its stock price is 78% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Liberty Broadband has a beta of 1.03, suggesting that its stock price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, CHT or LBRDA?

Chunghwa Telecom has higher revenue and earnings than Liberty Broadband. Liberty Broadband is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Chunghwa Telecom, 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
Chunghwa Telecom	$228.58B	0.14	$1.16B	$1.49	27.16
Liberty Broadband	$1.02B	12.56	$688M	$6.08	14.65

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of CHT or LBRDA?

2.1% of Chunghwa Telecom shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 10.3% of Liberty Broadband shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Chunghwa Telecom shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.6% of Liberty Broadband shares are held by company 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.

Summary

Liberty Broadband beats Chunghwa Telecom on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.