LBTYA vs. SIRI, DISH, CABO, LILA, ATUS, AMCX, CMCSA, CHTR, RCI, and WBD
Should you be buying Liberty Global stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Liberty Global include Sirius XM (SIRI), DISH Network (DISH), Cable One (CABO), Liberty Latin America (LILA), Altice USA (ATUS), AMC Networks (AMCX), Comcast (CMCSA), Charter Communications (CHTR), Rogers Communications (RCI), and Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD).
Liberty Global (NASDAQ:LBTYA) and Sirius XM (NASDAQ:SIRI) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, profitability, community ranking, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
37.2% of Liberty Global shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 10.7% of Sirius XM shares are held by institutional investors. 11.5% of Liberty Global shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Sirius XM shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Sirius XM had 7 more articles in the media than Liberty Global. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Sirius XM and 9 mentions for Liberty Global. Liberty Global's average media sentiment score of 1.84 beat Sirius XM's score of 0.57 indicating that Liberty Global is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Sirius XM has higher revenue and earnings than Liberty Global. Liberty Global is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sirius XM, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Sirius XM has a net margin of 14.38% compared to Liberty Global's net margin of -37.27%. Liberty Global's return on equity of -14.07% beat Sirius XM's return on equity.
Liberty Global currently has a consensus price target of $24.25, suggesting a potential upside of 38.41%. Sirius XM has a consensus price target of $4.33, suggesting a potential upside of 74.49%. Given Sirius XM's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Sirius XM is more favorable than Liberty Global.
Liberty Global has a beta of 1.17, suggesting that its share price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sirius XM has a beta of 1.08, suggesting that its share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Sirius XM received 115 more outperform votes than Liberty Global when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 70.54% of users gave Liberty Global an outperform vote while only 61.46% of users gave Sirius XM an outperform vote.
Summary
Sirius XM beats Liberty Global on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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