ATUS vs. LBTYK, GSAT, VEON, NMAX, ADEA, TV, LILAK, LILA, GTN.A, and CABO
Should you be buying Altice USA stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Altice USA include Liberty Global (LBTYK), Globalstar (GSAT), VEON (VEON), Newsmax (NMAX), Adeia (ADEA), Grupo Televisa (TV), Liberty Global (LILAK), Liberty Latin America (LILA), Gray Media (GTN.A), and Cable One (CABO). These companies are all part of the "communication" industry.
Altice USA vs. Its Competitors
Liberty Global (NASDAQ:LBTYK) and Altice USA (NYSE:ATUS) are both communication companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability and media sentiment.
Liberty Global has a beta of 1.08, meaning that its share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Altice USA has a beta of 1.58, meaning that its share price is 58% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Altice USA has a net margin of -1.78% compared to Liberty Global's net margin of -4.25%. Altice USA's return on equity of 0.00% beat Liberty Global's return on equity.
In the previous week, Altice USA had 1 more articles in the media than Liberty Global. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Altice USA and 4 mentions for Liberty Global. Liberty Global's average media sentiment score of 1.89 beat Altice USA's score of -0.11 indicating that Liberty Global is being referred to more favorably in the media.
46.1% of Liberty Global shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 54.9% of Altice USA shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.9% of Liberty Global shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 44.6% of Altice USA shares are owned 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 earnings, but lower revenue than Altice USA. Liberty Global is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Altice USA, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Altice USA has a consensus price target of $2.88, indicating a potential upside of 36.90%. Given Altice USA's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Altice USA is more favorable than Liberty Global.
Summary
Altice USA beats Liberty Global on 13 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (NYSE:ATUS) was last updated on 7/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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