CABO vs. DISH, LBTYA, LBTYK, LBRDA, LBRDK, MANU, LEG, SEAS, TGNA, and KTB
Should you be buying Cable One stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cable One include DISH Network (DISH), Liberty Global (LBTYA), Liberty Global (LBTYK), Liberty Broadband (LBRDA), Liberty Broadband (LBRDK), Manchester United (MANU), Leggett & Platt (LEG), SeaWorld Entertainment (SEAS), TEGNA (TGNA), and Kontoor Brands (KTB). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
Cable One (NYSE:CABO) and DISH Network (NASDAQ:DISH) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, community ranking, risk, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership and valuation.
Cable One has a beta of 0.92, suggesting that its share price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DISH Network has a beta of 1.84, suggesting that its share price is 84% more volatile than the S&P 500.
DISH Network has a net margin of 7.81% compared to Cable One's net margin of 4.43%. Cable One's return on equity of 13.24% beat DISH Network's return on equity.
In the previous week, DISH Network had 8 more articles in the media than Cable One. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for DISH Network and 4 mentions for Cable One. Cable One's average media sentiment score of 0.27 beat DISH Network's score of 0.19 indicating that Cable One is being referred to more favorably in the media.
DISH Network received 410 more outperform votes than Cable One when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.54% of users gave Cable One an outperform vote while only 60.14% of users gave DISH Network an outperform vote.
DISH Network has higher revenue and earnings than Cable One. DISH Network is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cable One, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Cable One currently has a consensus target price of $868.00, suggesting a potential upside of 57.04%. DISH Network has a consensus target price of $10.27, suggesting a potential upside of 191.01%. Given DISH Network's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe DISH Network is more favorable than Cable One.
98.6% of Cable One shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.2% of DISH Network shares are held by institutional investors. 1.3% of Cable One shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 55.5% of DISH Network shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
DISH Network beats Cable One on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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