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WOW vs. LILAK, LILA, ATUS, TV, GTN.A, CABO, GTN, ATEX, SPIR, and TSAT

Should you be buying WideOpenWest stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of WideOpenWest include Liberty Global (LILAK), Liberty Latin America (LILA), Altice USA (ATUS), Grupo Televisa (TV), Gray Media (GTN.A), Cable One (CABO), Gray Media (GTN), Anterix (ATEX), Spire Global (SPIR), and Telesat (TSAT). 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 superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, valuation, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings and institutional ownership.

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

In the previous week, WideOpenWest had 1 more articles in the media than Liberty Global. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for WideOpenWest and 1 mentions for Liberty Global. Liberty Global's average media sentiment score of 1.59 beat WideOpenWest's score of 0.89 indicating that Liberty Global is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Liberty Global
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
WideOpenWest
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Liberty Global-17.85% -44.60% -6.19%
WideOpenWest -9.32%-26.90%-3.83%

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$4.46B0.29-$657M-$4.03-1.62
WideOpenWest$630.90M0.52-$58.80M-$0.70-5.49

Liberty Global has a beta of 0.95, suggesting that its stock price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, WideOpenWest has a beta of 1.25, suggesting that its stock price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Liberty Global currently has a consensus price target of $10.27, indicating a potential upside of 57.22%. WideOpenWest has a consensus price target of $6.50, indicating a potential upside of 69.27%. Given WideOpenWest's stronger consensus rating and higher probable 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
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67
WideOpenWest
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

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

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding WOW and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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$323.95M$29.55B$8.39B$20.85B
Dividend YieldN/A3.46%3.18%3.65%
P/E Ratio-5.496.7218.8726.34
Price / Sales0.524.433.3459.22
Price / Cash2.096.5816.6222.29
Price / Book1.561.374.814.66
Net Income-$58.80M$3.13B$215.29M$994.58M
7 Day Performance-2.78%-1.99%-0.36%-0.29%
1 Month Performance-2.17%9.22%38.67%4.91%
1 Year Performance-28.22%17.55%14.81%10.53%

WideOpenWest Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WOW
WideOpenWest
3.0679 of 5 stars
$3.84
+1.3%
$6.50
+69.3%
-31.0%$323.95M$630.90M-5.491,320
LILAK
Liberty Global
3.3792 of 5 stars
$6.45
+1.7%
$10.27
+59.2%
-34.7%$1.29B$4.46B-1.6010,000Positive News
LILA
Liberty Latin America
3.2613 of 5 stars
$6.30
+2.3%
$6.50
+3.2%
-35.0%$1.26B$4.46B-1.5610,000
ATUS
Altice USA
2.1588 of 5 stars
$2.61
+1.0%
$2.88
+10.3%
+48.6%$1.22B$8.95B-7.6710,900News Coverage
Analyst Revision
Gap Up
TV
Grupo Televisa
3.463 of 5 stars
$2.16
-1.1%
$3.87
+79.4%
-15.5%$1.19B$61.28B-2.6928,038Upcoming Earnings
GTN.A
Gray Media
N/A$10.88
-2.8%
N/A+8.3%$1.10B$3.64B4.718,610Gap Down
CABO
Cable One
4.9019 of 5 stars
$124.20
-0.4%
$309.25
+149.0%
-67.1%$699.25M$1.58B-49.482,817News Coverage
GTN
Gray Media
4.6457 of 5 stars
$5.65
+5.3%
$6.17
+9.2%
-8.7%$573.19M$3.64B2.449,502
ATEX
Anterix
3.0618 of 5 stars
$23.50
-1.9%
$67.00
+185.1%
-45.3%$439.45M$6.03M-37.3070
SPIR
Spire Global
2.2341 of 5 stars
$11.20
-4.1%
$18.20
+62.5%
-12.3%$348.13M$99.50M-3.22370
TSAT
Telesat
1.162 of 5 stars
$25.10
+7.4%
N/A+211.8%$342.39M$535.62M-5.62470Positive News

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