SPIR vs. LILAK, LILA, TV, ATUS, GTN.A, CABO, GTN, ATEX, TSAT, and WOW
Should you be buying Spire Global stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Spire Global include Liberty Global (LILAK), Liberty Latin America (LILA), Grupo Televisa (TV), Altice USA (ATUS), Gray Media (GTN.A), Cable One (CABO), Gray Media (GTN), Anterix (ATEX), Telesat (TSAT), and WideOpenWest (WOW). These companies are all part of the "communication" industry.
Spire Global vs. Its Competitors
Spire Global (NYSE:SPIR) and Liberty Global (NASDAQ:LILAK) are both small-cap communication companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership and earnings.
In the previous week, Spire Global had 6 more articles in the media than Liberty Global. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Spire Global and 2 mentions for Liberty Global. Liberty Global's average media sentiment score of 1.92 beat Spire Global's score of 0.52 indicating that Liberty Global is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Spire Global has a beta of 2.4, indicating that its stock price is 140% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Liberty Global has a beta of 0.95, indicating that its stock price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500.
20.0% of Spire Global shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 53.0% of Liberty Global shares are owned by institutional investors. 14.7% of Spire Global shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 9.7% of Liberty Global shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Spire Global has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Liberty Global. Spire Global is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Liberty Global, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Liberty Global has a net margin of -17.85% compared to Spire Global's net margin of -98.42%. Liberty Global's return on equity of -44.60% beat Spire Global's return on equity.
Spire Global presently has a consensus target price of $18.20, suggesting a potential upside of 79.03%. Liberty Global has a consensus target price of $10.27, suggesting a potential upside of 50.98%. Given Spire Global's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Spire Global is more favorable than Liberty Global.
Summary
Spire Global and Liberty Global tied by winning 8 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding SPIR and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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:SPIR) was last updated on 7/30/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
