ATUS vs. LILAK, LILA, BELFA, HIMX, RSKD, SLP, QNST, TUYA, TASK, and TRNS
Should you be buying Altice USA stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Altice USA include Liberty Latin America (LILAK), Liberty Latin America (LILA), Bel Fuse (BELFA), Himax Technologies (HIMX), Riskified (RSKD), Simulations Plus (SLP), QuinStreet (QNST), Tuya (TUYA), TaskUs (TASK), and Transcat (TRNS).
Altice USA (NYSE:ATUS) and Liberty Latin America (NASDAQ:LILAK) are both small-cap communication services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, dividends, valuation and community ranking.
Altice USA currently has a consensus price target of $2.68, indicating a potential upside of 30.60%. Liberty Latin America has a consensus price target of $2.50, indicating a potential downside of 67.15%. Given Altice USA's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Altice USA is more favorable than Liberty Latin America.
Altice USA has a net margin of 0.58% compared to Liberty Latin America's net margin of 0.00%. Liberty Latin America's return on equity of 0.00% beat Altice USA's return on equity.
Altice USA received 278 more outperform votes than Liberty Latin America when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.94% of users gave Altice USA an outperform vote while only 65.63% of users gave Liberty Latin America an outperform vote.
54.9% of Altice USA shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 53.0% of Liberty Latin America shares are owned by institutional investors. 53.6% of Altice USA shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 9.7% of Liberty Latin America shares are owned 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.
Altice USA has a beta of 1.35, indicating that its stock price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Liberty Latin America has a beta of 1.17, indicating that its stock price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Altice USA has higher revenue and earnings than Liberty Latin America. Liberty Latin America is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Altice USA, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Altice USA had 10 more articles in the media than Liberty Latin America. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Altice USA and 0 mentions for Liberty Latin America. Altice USA's average media sentiment score of 0.03 beat Liberty Latin America's score of 0.00 indicating that Altice USA is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Altice USA beats Liberty Latin America on 15 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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