WOW vs. LILAK, LILA, TV, GTN.A, ATUS, CABO, ATEX, GTN, SPIR, and AREN
Should you be buying WideOpenWest stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of WideOpenWest include Liberty Global (LILAK), Liberty Latin America (LILA), Grupo Televisa (TV), Gray Media (GTN.A), Altice USA (ATUS), Cable One (CABO), Anterix (ATEX), Gray Media (GTN), Spire Global (SPIR), and The Arena Group (AREN). 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 risk, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability and earnings.
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.
In the previous week, WideOpenWest had 2 more articles in the media than Liberty Global. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for WideOpenWest and 1 mentions for Liberty Global. Liberty Global's average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat WideOpenWest's score of 0.15 indicating that Liberty Global is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Liberty Global has a beta of 0.95, meaning that its stock price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, WideOpenWest has a beta of 1.25, meaning that its stock price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Liberty Global currently has a consensus target price of $10.27, suggesting a potential upside of 55.67%. WideOpenWest has a consensus target price of $6.50, suggesting a potential upside of 55.88%. Given WideOpenWest's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe WideOpenWest is more favorable than Liberty Global.
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 will outperform the market over the long term.
WideOpenWest has a net margin of -9.32% compared to Liberty Global's net margin of -17.85%. WideOpenWest's return on equity of -26.90% beat Liberty Global's return on equity.
Summary
WideOpenWest beats Liberty Global on 11 of the 16 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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This page (NYSE:WOW) was last updated on 7/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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