LBTYK vs. LBRDK, LBRDA, ROKU, KT, FYBR, TIMB, SKM, PARA, ASTS, and LLYVK
Should you be buying Liberty Global stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Liberty Global include Liberty Broadband (LBRDK), Liberty Broadband (LBRDA), Roku (ROKU), KT (KT), Frontier Communications Parent (FYBR), TIM (TIMB), SK Telecom (SKM), Paramount Global (PARA), AST SpaceMobile (ASTS), and Liberty Live Group (LLYVK). These companies are all part of the "communication" industry.
Liberty Global vs. Its Competitors
Liberty Broadband (NASDAQ:LBRDK) and Liberty Global (NASDAQ:LBTYK) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, risk, dividends, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and profitability.
Liberty Broadband has a net margin of 78.07% compared to Liberty Global's net margin of 23.09%. Liberty Global's return on equity of 9.83% beat Liberty Broadband's return on equity.
Liberty Broadband presently has a consensus target price of $80.00, indicating a potential downside of 14.92%. Given Liberty Broadband's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Liberty Broadband is more favorable than Liberty Global.
80.2% of Liberty Broadband shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 46.1% of Liberty Global shares are held by institutional investors. 10.8% of Liberty Broadband 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 endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Liberty Broadband has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Liberty Global. Liberty Global is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Liberty Broadband, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Liberty Broadband received 83 more outperform votes than Liberty Global when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 57.86% of users gave Liberty Global an outperform vote while only 53.67% of users gave Liberty Broadband an outperform vote.
Liberty Broadband has a beta of 1, meaning that its stock price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.Comparatively, Liberty Global has a beta of 1.08, meaning that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Liberty Broadband had 4 more articles in the media than Liberty Global. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Liberty Broadband and 1 mentions for Liberty Global. Liberty Global's average media sentiment score of 1.92 beat Liberty Broadband's score of 1.51 indicating that Liberty Global is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Liberty Broadband beats Liberty Global on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NASDAQ:LBTYK) was last updated on 6/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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