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WOW vs. LILAK, LILA, NMAX, TV, GOGO, ATUS, GTN.A, CABO, GTN, and IHRT

Should you be buying WideOpenWest stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of WideOpenWest include Liberty Global (LILAK), Liberty Latin America (LILA), Newsmax (NMAX), Grupo Televisa (TV), Gogo (GOGO), Altice USA (ATUS), Gray Media (GTN.A), Cable One (CABO), Gray Media (GTN), and iHeartMedia (IHRT). These companies are all part of the "communication" industry.

WideOpenWest vs. Its Competitors

Liberty Global (NASDAQ:LILAK) and WideOpenWest (NYSE:WOW) are both small-cap communication companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, risk, dividends, media sentiment and earnings.

In the previous week, WideOpenWest had 2 more articles in the media than Liberty Global. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for WideOpenWest and 0 mentions for Liberty Global. Liberty Global's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat WideOpenWest's score of -0.11 indicating that Liberty Global is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Liberty Global Neutral
WideOpenWest Neutral

WideOpenWest has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Liberty Global. WideOpenWest is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Liberty Global, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Liberty Global$4.46B0.38-$657M-$5.93-1.44
WideOpenWest$630.90M0.70-$58.80M-$0.79-6.53

Liberty Global presently has a consensus price target of $7.85, suggesting a potential downside of 7.92%. WideOpenWest has a consensus price target of $5.85, suggesting a potential upside of 13.48%. Given WideOpenWest's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe WideOpenWest is more favorable than Liberty Global.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Liberty Global
1 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.67
WideOpenWest
1 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.67

53.0% of Liberty Global shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.8% of WideOpenWest shares are held by institutional investors. 9.7% of Liberty Global shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.0% of WideOpenWest shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

WideOpenWest has a net margin of -10.70% compared to Liberty Global's net margin of -26.61%. WideOpenWest's return on equity of -32.26% beat Liberty Global's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Liberty Global-26.61% -71.58% -9.23%
WideOpenWest -10.70%-32.26%-4.31%

Liberty Global has a beta of 0.98, meaning that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, WideOpenWest has a beta of 1.26, meaning that its stock price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

WideOpenWest beats Liberty Global on 10 of the 14 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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WOW vs. The Competition

MetricWideOpenWestCABLE TV IndustryDiscretionary SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$442.14M$26.11B$8.42B$22.14B
Dividend YieldN/A1.63%3.00%3.55%
P/E Ratio-6.534.2718.3930.04
Price / Sales0.703.696.8469.64
Price / Cash2.846.1514.8718.34
Price / Book2.101.264.924.66
Net Income-$58.80M$3.13B$256.85M$1.01B
7 Day PerformanceN/A1.34%-0.28%1.33%
1 Month Performance0.39%0.42%2.05%3.33%
1 Year Performance-1.06%-0.55%45.33%14.24%

WideOpenWest Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WOW
WideOpenWest
1.4306 of 5 stars
$5.16
+0.3%
$5.85
+13.5%
-1.2%$442.14M$630.90M-6.531,320
LILAK
Liberty Global
0.3586 of 5 stars
$8.40
+0.1%
$7.85
-6.5%
-12.7%$1.68B$4.46B-1.4210,000
LILA
Liberty Latin America
1.754 of 5 stars
$8.24
+0.1%
$6.50
-21.1%
-15.4%$1.65B$4.46B-1.3910,000
NMAX
Newsmax
N/A$12.24
-3.3%
$21.50
+75.7%
N/A$1.63B$171.02M0.00400Analyst Downgrade
Short Interest ↑
TV
Grupo Televisa
4.006 of 5 stars
$2.65
-1.7%
$4.70
+77.7%
-2.1%$1.49B$3.42B-3.5328,038Short Interest ↑
Gap Up
GOGO
Gogo
3.6194 of 5 stars
$8.50
-6.7%
$14.83
+74.5%
+37.3%$1.22B$444.71M212.50380
ATUS
Altice USA
3.6846 of 5 stars
$2.36
-0.6%
$3.00
+27.4%
+3.9%$1.11B$8.95B-4.0610,900Positive News
GTN.A
Gray Media
N/A$10.23
+8.8%
N/A+29.0%$959.28M$3.64B6.778,610Gap Up
CABO
Cable One
3.9694 of 5 stars
$167.74
+0.8%
$279.25
+66.5%
-48.5%$937.17M$1.58B-1.902,817
GTN
Gray Media
4.7307 of 5 stars
$5.69
-2.0%
$6.88
+20.9%
+4.0%$592.10M$3.64B3.769,502
IHRT
iHeartMedia
1.2538 of 5 stars
$2.78
+2.6%
$2.92
+4.9%
+44.7%$406.89M$3.85B-1.1410,100

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