Liberty Broadband (LBRDK) Competitors

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

Does the media favor LBRDK or CHTR?

In the previous week, Charter Communications had 8 more articles in the media than Liberty Broadband. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Charter Communications and 5 mentions for Liberty Broadband. Liberty Broadband's average media sentiment score of 1.81 beat Charter Communications' score of 1.63 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	4 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	10 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, LBRDK 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	13.38	$869M	$6.26	15.16
Charter Communications	$55.09B	1.00	$5.08B	$35.83	10.95

Which has more risk and volatility, LBRDK or CHTR?

Liberty Broadband has a beta of 1.01, indicating that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Charter Communications has a beta of 1.08, indicating that its share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of LBRDK or CHTR?

80.2% of Liberty Broadband shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.8% of Charter Communications shares are owned by institutional investors. 10.8% of Liberty Broadband shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Charter Communications shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is LBRDK or CHTR more profitable?

Liberty Broadband has a net margin of 88.10% compared to Charter Communications' net margin of 9.42%. Charter Communications' return on equity of 27.70% beat Liberty Broadband's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Liberty Broadband	88.10%	9.24%	5.43%
Charter Communications	9.42%	27.70%	3.47%

Do analysts rate LBRDK or CHTR?

Liberty Broadband presently has a consensus price target of $80.00, suggesting a potential downside of 15.68%. Charter Communications has a consensus price target of $421.26, suggesting a potential upside of 7.41%. Given Charter Communications' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Charter Communications is more favorable than Liberty Broadband.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Liberty Broadband	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Charter Communications	3 Sell rating(s)	10 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.24

Summary

Charter Communications beats Liberty Broadband on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.