LBTYB vs. CABO, WOW, CMCSA, CHTR, LBRDK, LBRDA, H, ROKU, POOL, and GME
Should you be buying Liberty Global stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Liberty Global include Cable One (CABO), WideOpenWest (WOW), Comcast (CMCSA), Charter Communications (CHTR), Liberty Broadband (LBRDK), Liberty Broadband (LBRDA), Hyatt Hotels (H), Roku (ROKU), Pool (POOL), and GameStop (GME). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
Liberty Global vs. Its Competitors
Liberty Global (NASDAQ:LBTYB) and Cable One (NYSE:CABO) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings and profitability.
Cable One has a net margin of -0.69% compared to Liberty Global's net margin of -4.25%. Cable One's return on equity of 9.38% beat Liberty Global's return on equity.
0.5% of Liberty Global shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.9% of Cable One shares are held by institutional investors. 6.5% of Liberty Global shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Cable One shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Liberty Global has higher revenue and earnings than Cable One. Cable One is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Liberty Global, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Liberty Global has a beta of 0.49, indicating that its share price is 51% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cable One has a beta of 0.81, indicating that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Cable One had 4 more articles in the media than Liberty Global. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Cable One and 0 mentions for Liberty Global. Cable One's average media sentiment score of 0.73 beat Liberty Global's score of 0.00 indicating that Cable One is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Cable One has a consensus target price of $309.25, indicating a potential upside of 125.14%. Given Cable One's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Cable One is more favorable than Liberty Global.
Summary
Cable One beats Liberty Global on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NASDAQ:LBTYB) was last updated on 7/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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