LBTYK vs. ROKU, LBTYA, LBRDK, LBRDA, DISH, SJR, CABO, RCI, NWSA, and NWS
Should you be buying Liberty Global stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Liberty Global include Roku (ROKU), Liberty Global (LBTYA), Liberty Broadband (LBRDK), Liberty Broadband (LBRDA), DISH Network (DISH), Shaw Communications (SJR), Cable One (CABO), Rogers Communications (RCI), News (NWSA), and News (NWS). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
Liberty Global vs.
Liberty Global (NASDAQ:LBTYK) and Roku (NASDAQ:ROKU) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment, earnings, risk, dividends, valuation and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, Liberty Global had 2 more articles in the media than Roku. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Liberty Global and 5 mentions for Roku. Liberty Global's average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat Roku's score of 0.19 indicating that Liberty Global is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Liberty Global has a net margin of 20.47% compared to Roku's net margin of -15.93%. Liberty Global's return on equity of 2.52% beat Roku's return on equity.
Liberty Global currently has a consensus price target of $35.00, indicating a potential upside of 80.60%. Roku has a consensus price target of $82.12, indicating a potential upside of 36.86%. Given Liberty Global's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Liberty Global is more favorable than Roku.
52.2% of Liberty Global shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.1% of Roku shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.9% of Liberty Global shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 13.8% of Roku shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Roku received 472 more outperform votes than Liberty Global when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.07% of users gave Liberty Global an outperform vote while only 60.00% of users gave Roku an outperform vote.
Liberty Global has higher revenue and earnings than Roku. Roku 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 1.23, indicating that its share price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Roku has a beta of 1.78, indicating that its share price is 78% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Liberty Global beats Roku on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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