CABO vs. LBTYA, LBTYK, LBRDK, LBRDA, ROKU, LAUR, MCW, MBC, SONO, and CNK
Should you be buying Cable One stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cable One include Liberty Global (LBTYA), Liberty Global (LBTYK), Liberty Broadband (LBRDK), Liberty Broadband (LBRDA), Roku (ROKU), Laureate Education (LAUR), Mister Car Wash (MCW), MasterBrand (MBC), Sonos (SONO), and Cinemark (CNK). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
Cable One (NYSE:CABO) and Liberty Global (NASDAQ:LBTYA) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations and valuation.
Liberty Global received 301 more outperform votes than Cable One when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.59% of users gave Liberty Global an outperform vote while only 61.40% of users gave Cable One an outperform vote.
Cable One has a net margin of 15.94% compared to Liberty Global's net margin of -54.08%. Cable One's return on equity of 13.65% beat Liberty Global's return on equity.
Cable One has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Liberty Global. Liberty Global is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cable One, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Liberty Global had 2 more articles in the media than Cable One. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Liberty Global and 6 mentions for Cable One. Cable One's average media sentiment score of 1.07 beat Liberty Global's score of 0.85 indicating that Cable One is being referred to more favorably in the media.
89.9% of Cable One shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 37.2% of Liberty Global shares are held by institutional investors. 1.3% of Cable One shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 11.5% of Liberty Global shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Cable One has a beta of 0.8, meaning that its stock price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Liberty Global has a beta of 1.18, meaning that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Cable One presently has a consensus target price of $627.80, suggesting a potential upside of 61.29%. Liberty Global has a consensus target price of $24.75, suggesting a potential upside of 51.38%. Given Cable One's higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Cable One is more favorable than Liberty Global.
Summary
Cable One beats Liberty Global on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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