SIRI vs. LBTYA, AMCX, CMCSA, CHTR, TME, IHRT, TSQ, SGA, UONE, and UONEK
Should you be buying Sirius XM stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Sirius XM include Liberty Global (LBTYA), AMC Networks (AMCX), Comcast (CMCSA), Charter Communications (CHTR), Tencent Music Entertainment Group (TME), iHeartMedia (IHRT), Townsquare Media (TSQ), Saga Communications (SGA), Urban One (UONE), and Urban One (UONEK).
Sirius XM vs.
Liberty Global (NASDAQ:LBTYA) and Sirius XM (NASDAQ:SIRI) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, valuation, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and risk.
Liberty Global has a net margin of 23.09% compared to Sirius XM's net margin of -24.03%. Sirius XM's return on equity of 13.44% beat Liberty Global's return on equity.
Liberty Global presently has a consensus price target of $16.94, suggesting a potential upside of 73.51%. Sirius XM has a consensus price target of $26.65, suggesting a potential upside of 21.45%. Given Liberty Global's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Liberty Global is more favorable than Sirius XM.
37.2% of Liberty Global shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 10.7% of Sirius XM shares are held by institutional investors. 11.5% of Liberty Global shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.3% of Sirius XM shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Liberty Global has a beta of 1.23, suggesting that its share price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sirius XM has a beta of 0.9, suggesting that its share price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Sirius XM has higher revenue and earnings than Liberty Global. Liberty Global is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sirius XM, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Sirius XM received 122 more outperform votes than Liberty Global when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 70.21% of users gave Liberty Global an outperform vote while only 59.79% of users gave Sirius XM an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Sirius XM had 4 more articles in the media than Liberty Global. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Sirius XM and 9 mentions for Liberty Global. Liberty Global's average media sentiment score of 1.48 beat Sirius XM's score of 0.97 indicating that Liberty Global is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Liberty Global beats Sirius XM on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:SIRI) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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