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
WideOpenWest (NYSE:WOW) and Liberty Global (NASDAQ:LILAK) are both small-cap communication companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, risk, earnings and media sentiment.
In the previous week, WideOpenWest and WideOpenWest both had 2 articles in the media. Liberty Global's average media sentiment score of 1.65 beat WideOpenWest's score of 0.84 indicating that Liberty Global is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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 company insiders. Comparatively, 9.7% of Liberty Global shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company 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.
WideOpenWest presently has a consensus target price of $6.50, suggesting a potential upside of 58.34%. Liberty Global has a consensus target price of $10.27, suggesting a potential upside of 61.05%. Given Liberty Global's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Liberty Global is more favorable than WideOpenWest.
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 1.25, indicating that its share price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Liberty Global has a beta of 0.95, indicating that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
WideOpenWest beats Liberty Global on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:WOW) was last updated on 7/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff