CMCSA vs. CHTR, NKE, DIS, SONY, MAR, HLT, NFLX, LULU, LBTYA, and LILA
Should you be buying Comcast stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Comcast include Charter Communications (CHTR), NIKE (NKE), Walt Disney (DIS), Sony Group (SONY), Marriott International (MAR), Hilton Worldwide (HLT), Netflix (NFLX), Lululemon Athletica (LULU), Liberty Global (LBTYA), and Liberty Latin America (LILA).
Comcast (NASDAQ:CMCSA) and Charter Communications (NASDAQ:CHTR) are both large-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, community ranking, media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation and risk.
Comcast has a beta of 0.99, meaning that its stock price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Charter Communications has a beta of 0.97, meaning that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500.
84.3% of Comcast shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.8% of Charter Communications shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.2% of Comcast shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Charter Communications shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Comcast received 479 more outperform votes than Charter Communications when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 78.55% of users gave Comcast an outperform vote while only 62.79% of users gave Charter Communications an outperform vote.
Comcast has higher revenue and earnings than Charter Communications. Charter Communications is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Comcast, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Comcast presently has a consensus price target of $49.33, suggesting a potential upside of 25.30%. Charter Communications has a consensus price target of $356.47, suggesting a potential upside of 28.44%. Given Charter Communications' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Charter Communications is more favorable than Comcast.
Comcast has a net margin of 12.64% compared to Charter Communications' net margin of 8.50%. Charter Communications' return on equity of 31.42% beat Comcast's return on equity.
In the previous week, Comcast had 42 more articles in the media than Charter Communications. MarketBeat recorded 56 mentions for Comcast and 14 mentions for Charter Communications. Charter Communications' average media sentiment score of 0.73 beat Comcast's score of 0.43 indicating that Charter Communications is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Comcast beats Charter Communications on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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