LBTYA vs. DISH, LILA, CABO, DISCA, SIRI, AMCX, CMCSA, CHTR, WBD, and RCI
Should you be buying Liberty Global stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Liberty Global include DISH Network (DISH), Liberty Latin America (LILA), Cable One (CABO), Warner Bros. Discovery (DISCA), Sirius XM (SIRI), AMC Networks (AMCX), Comcast (CMCSA), Charter Communications (CHTR), Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), and Rogers Communications (RCI).
DISH Network (NASDAQ:DISH) and Liberty Global (NASDAQ:LBTYA) are both mid-cap communication services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking and risk.
DISH Network currently has a consensus price target of $10.78, indicating a potential upside of 86.79%. Liberty Global has a consensus price target of $24.58, indicating a potential upside of 26.72%. Given Liberty Global's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe DISH Network is more favorable than Liberty Global.
In the previous week, Liberty Global had 3 more articles in the media than DISH Network. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Liberty Global and 6 mentions for DISH Network. DISH Network's average media sentiment score of 0.91 beat Liberty Global's score of -0.08 indicating that Liberty Global is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
DISH Network has a beta of 1.66, meaning that its share price is 66% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Liberty Global has a beta of 1.16, meaning that its share price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500.
DISH Network has higher revenue and earnings than Liberty Global. Liberty Global is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than DISH Network, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
DISH Network has a net margin of 7.81% compared to DISH Network's net margin of -37.27%. Liberty Global's return on equity of 6.70% beat DISH Network's return on equity.
98.2% of DISH Network shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 37.2% of Liberty Global shares are held by institutional investors. 55.5% of DISH Network shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 11.5% of Liberty Global shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
DISH Network received 102 more outperform votes than Liberty Global when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 70.64% of users gave Liberty Global an outperform vote while only 60.09% of users gave DISH Network an outperform vote.
Summary
DISH Network beats Liberty Global on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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