Liberty Broadband (LBRDA) Competitors

Liberty Broadband (NASDAQ:LBRDA) and Charter Communications (NASDAQ:CHTR) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk and profitability.

Do analysts rate LBRDA or CHTR?

Liberty Broadband currently has a consensus target price of $100.67, indicating a potential upside of 71.55%. Charter Communications has a consensus target price of $394.61, indicating a potential upside of 53.47%. Given Liberty Broadband's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Liberty Broadband is more favorable than Charter Communications.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Liberty Broadband	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33
Charter Communications	4 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.20

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

10.3% of Liberty Broadband shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.8% of Charter Communications shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.6% of Liberty Broadband shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Charter Communications shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media favor LBRDA or CHTR?

In the previous week, Charter Communications had 51 more articles in the media than Liberty Broadband. MarketBeat recorded 54 mentions for Charter Communications and 3 mentions for Liberty Broadband. Liberty Broadband's average media sentiment score of 1.72 beat Charter Communications' score of 0.73 indicating that Liberty Broadband is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Liberty Broadband	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Charter Communications	23 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	25 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk and volatility, LBRDA or CHTR?

Liberty Broadband has a beta of 0.96, indicating that its stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Charter Communications has a beta of 1.02, indicating that its stock price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, LBRDA or CHTR?

Charter Communications has higher revenue and earnings than Liberty Broadband. Charter Communications is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Liberty Broadband, 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
Liberty Broadband	$1.02B	8.29	$869M	$7.58	7.74
Charter Communications	$55.09B	0.64	$5.08B	$36.52	7.04

Is LBRDA or CHTR more profitable?

Liberty Broadband has a net margin of 103.04% compared to Charter Communications' net margin of 9.53%. Charter Communications' return on equity of 26.77% beat Liberty Broadband's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Liberty Broadband	103.04%	10.89%	6.51%
Charter Communications	9.53%	26.77%	3.50%

Summary

Liberty Broadband and Charter Communications tied by winning 8 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.