WOW vs. LILAK, LILA, NMAX, TV, ATUS, GOGO, 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), Altice USA (ATUS), Gogo (GOGO), 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
WideOpenWest (NYSE:WOW) and Liberty Global (NASDAQ:LILAK) are both small-cap communication companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, earnings, institutional ownership, risk and profitability.
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.
WideOpenWest has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.
WideOpenWest has a beta of 1.26, indicating that its share price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Liberty Global has a beta of 0.98, indicating that its share price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Liberty Global had 2 more articles in the media than WideOpenWest. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Liberty Global and 2 mentions for WideOpenWest. Liberty Global's average media sentiment score of 1.62 beat WideOpenWest's score of 0.00 indicating that Liberty Global is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
WideOpenWest currently has a consensus target price of $5.85, indicating a potential upside of 13.81%. Liberty Global has a consensus target price of $7.85, indicating a potential downside of 0.63%. Given WideOpenWest's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe WideOpenWest is more favorable than Liberty Global.
87.8% of WideOpenWest shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 53.0% of Liberty Global shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.0% of WideOpenWest 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 company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
WideOpenWest beats Liberty Global on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:WOW) was last updated on 10/14/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff