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Closing price 08/14/2026 03:59 PM Eastern
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LBTYB vs. LBRDA, LBRDK, LBTYA, LBTYK, and TV

Should you buy Liberty Global stock or one of its competitors? Liberty Global's main competitors and comparable companies include Liberty Broadband (LBRDA), Liberty Broadband (LBRDK), Liberty Global (LBTYA), Liberty Global (LBTYK), and Grupo Televisa (TV). Companies are selected based on similarities in market, industry, and size. These companies are all part of the "cable & satellite" industry.

How does Liberty Global compare to Liberty Broadband?

Liberty Global (NASDAQ:LBTYB) and Liberty Broadband (NASDAQ:LBRDA) are both mid-cap communication services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations and risk.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Liberty Global
1 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.00
Liberty Broadband
1 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.00

Liberty Global has a beta of 0.43, indicating that its stock price is 57% less volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, Liberty Broadband has a beta of 0.64, indicating that its stock price is 36% less volatile than the broader market.

In the previous week, Liberty Broadband had 3 more articles in the media than Liberty Global. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Liberty Broadband and 1 mentions for Liberty Global. Liberty Global's average media sentiment score of 1.91 beat Liberty Broadband's score of 1.52 indicating that Liberty Global is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Liberty Global Very Positive
Liberty Broadband Very Positive

Liberty Broadband has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Liberty Global. Liberty Broadband is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Liberty Global, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Liberty Global$4.88B0.90-$7.14B-$8.98N/A
Liberty Broadband$1.02B5.13-$2.68B-$6.99N/A

Liberty Broadband has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Liberty Global's net margin of -62.11%. Liberty Broadband's return on equity of -9.80% beat Liberty Global's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Liberty Global-62.11% -28.82% -13.28%
Liberty Broadband N/A -9.80%-6.32%

0.5% of Liberty Global shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 10.3% of Liberty Broadband shares are held by institutional investors. 6.5% of Liberty Global shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 5.7% of Liberty Broadband shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Liberty Broadband beats Liberty Global on 9 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

How does Liberty Global compare to Liberty Broadband?

Liberty Broadband (NASDAQ:LBRDK) and Liberty Global (NASDAQ:LBTYB) are both mid-cap communication services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings and risk.

Liberty Broadband has a beta of 0.64, indicating that its share price is 36% less volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, Liberty Global has a beta of 0.43, indicating that its share price is 57% less volatile than the broader market.

Liberty Broadband has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Liberty Global. Liberty Broadband is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Liberty Global, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Liberty Broadband$1.02B5.13-$2.68B-$6.99N/A
Liberty Global$4.88B0.90-$7.14B-$8.98N/A

In the previous week, Liberty Broadband had 1 more articles in the media than Liberty Global. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Liberty Broadband and 1 mentions for Liberty Global. Liberty Global's average media sentiment score of 1.91 beat Liberty Broadband's score of 1.64 indicating that Liberty Global is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Liberty Broadband Very Positive
Liberty Global Very Positive

Liberty Broadband currently has a consensus target price of $42.00, suggesting a potential upside of 15.61%. Given Liberty Broadband's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Liberty Broadband is more favorable than Liberty Global.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Liberty Broadband
1 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Liberty Global
1 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.00

80.2% of Liberty Broadband shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.5% of Liberty Global shares are held by institutional investors. 10.8% of Liberty Broadband shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.5% of Liberty Global shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Liberty Broadband has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Liberty Global's net margin of -62.11%. Liberty Broadband's return on equity of -9.80% beat Liberty Global's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Liberty BroadbandN/A -9.80% -6.32%
Liberty Global -62.11%-28.82%-13.28%

Summary

Liberty Broadband beats Liberty Global on 13 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

How does Liberty Global compare to Liberty Global?

Liberty Global (NASDAQ:LBTYA) and Liberty Global (NASDAQ:LBTYB) are both mid-cap communication services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, risk and earnings.

Liberty Global is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Liberty Global, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Liberty Global$4.88B0.73-$7.14B-$8.98N/A
Liberty Global$4.88B0.90-$7.14B-$8.98N/A

Liberty Global has a net margin of -62.11% compared to Liberty Global's net margin of -62.12%. Liberty Global's return on equity of -28.82% beat Liberty Global's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Liberty Global-62.12% -28.83% -13.28%
Liberty Global -62.11%-28.82%-13.28%

Liberty Global presently has a consensus price target of $14.30, suggesting a potential upside of 36.58%. Given Liberty Global's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Liberty Global is more favorable than Liberty Global.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Liberty Global
1 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Liberty Global
1 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.00

37.2% of Liberty Global shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.5% of Liberty Global shares are held by institutional investors. 4.3% of Liberty Global shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.5% of Liberty Global shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Liberty Global has a beta of 0.94, indicating that its share price is 6% less volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, Liberty Global has a beta of 0.43, indicating that its share price is 57% less volatile than the broader market.

In the previous week, Liberty Global had 2 more articles in the media than Liberty Global. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Liberty Global and 1 mentions for Liberty Global. Liberty Global's average media sentiment score of 1.91 equaled Liberty Global'saverage media sentiment score.

Company Overall Sentiment
Liberty Global Very Positive
Liberty Global Very Positive

Summary

Liberty Global beats Liberty Global on 6 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

How does Liberty Global compare to Liberty Global?

Liberty Global (NASDAQ:LBTYB) and Liberty Global (NASDAQ:LBTYK) are both mid-cap communication services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends and earnings.

0.5% of Liberty Global shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 46.1% of Liberty Global shares are held by institutional investors. 6.5% of Liberty Global shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.9% of Liberty Global shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Liberty Global has a net margin of -62.11% compared to Liberty Global's net margin of -62.12%. Liberty Global's return on equity of -28.82% beat Liberty Global's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Liberty Global-62.11% -28.82% -13.28%
Liberty Global -62.12%-28.83%-13.28%

Liberty Global has a beta of 0.43, suggesting that its share price is 57% less volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, Liberty Global has a beta of 0.9, suggesting that its share price is 10% less volatile than the broader market.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Liberty Global
1 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.00
Liberty Global
1 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.00

Liberty Global is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Liberty Global, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Liberty Global$4.88B0.90-$7.14B-$8.98N/A
Liberty Global$4.88B0.71-$7.14B-$8.98N/A

In the previous week, Liberty Global had 1 more articles in the media than Liberty Global. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Liberty Global and 1 mentions for Liberty Global. Liberty Global's average media sentiment score of 1.91 beat Liberty Global's score of 1.91 indicating that Liberty Global is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Liberty Global Very Positive
Liberty Global Very Positive

Summary

Liberty Global beats Liberty Global on 5 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

How does Liberty Global compare to Grupo Televisa?

Grupo Televisa (NYSE:TV) and Liberty Global (NASDAQ:LBTYB) are both communication services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, valuation and profitability.

In the previous week, Liberty Global had 1 more articles in the media than Grupo Televisa. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Liberty Global and 0 mentions for Grupo Televisa. Liberty Global's average media sentiment score of 1.91 beat Grupo Televisa's score of 0.00 indicating that Liberty Global is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Grupo Televisa Neutral
Liberty Global Very Positive

Grupo Televisa presently has a consensus target price of $6.55, suggesting a potential upside of 125.47%. Given Grupo Televisa's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Grupo Televisa is more favorable than Liberty Global.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Grupo Televisa
2 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.83
Liberty Global
1 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.00

Grupo Televisa has a net margin of -15.28% compared to Liberty Global's net margin of -62.11%. Grupo Televisa's return on equity of -8.33% beat Liberty Global's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Grupo Televisa-15.28% -8.33% -3.87%
Liberty Global -62.11%-28.82%-13.28%

Grupo Televisa has a beta of 1.55, suggesting that its share price is 55% more volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, Liberty Global has a beta of 0.43, suggesting that its share price is 57% less volatile than the broader market.

55.8% of Grupo Televisa shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.5% of Liberty Global shares are held by institutional investors. 6.5% of Liberty Global shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Grupo Televisa has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Liberty Global. Grupo Televisa is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Liberty Global, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Grupo Televisa$3.07B0.50-$478.58M-$0.91N/A
Liberty Global$4.88B0.90-$7.14B-$8.98N/A

Summary

Grupo Televisa beats Liberty Global on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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LBTYB vs. The Competition

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MetricLiberty GlobalMedia IndustryCommunication Services SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$4.06B$3.24B$32.95B$13.07B
Dividend YieldN/A5.33%5.32%10.64%
P/E RatioN/A33.59231.4925.40
Price / Sales0.9028.00114.54125.76
Price / CashN/A21.2922.2853.27
Price / Book0.438.6011.266.21
Net Income-$7.14B-$45.65M$1.09B$347.71M
7 Day Performance2.50%1.31%0.63%1.08%
1 Month Performance-1.79%2.50%1.25%1.87%
1 Year Performance7.76%14.77%3.07%20.79%

Liberty Global Competitors List

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CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
LBTYB
Liberty Global
1.0322 of 5 stars		$12.80
+7.7%		N/A+7.8%$4.06B$4.88BN/A2,020
LBRDA
Liberty Broadband
0.4689 of 5 stars		$35.35
-4.7%		N/A-40.7%$5.33B$1.02BN/A1,900
LBRDK
Liberty Broadband
1.8631 of 5 stars		$35.36
-4.7%		N/A-41.0%$5.32BN/AN/A1,900
LBTYA
Liberty Global
3.7467 of 5 stars		$10.42
+2.3%		$14.30
+37.2%		-9.2%$3.48B$4.88BN/A6,636
LBTYK
Liberty Global
0.9553 of 5 stars		$10.13
+1.5%		N/A-12.1%$3.40B$4.88BN/A10,100

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