Charter Communications (CHTR) Competitors

Charter Communications (NASDAQ:CHTR) and Warner Bros. Discovery (NASDAQ:DISCA) are both large-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk, profitability, earnings, valuation and dividends.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CHTR or DISCA?

Charter Communications received 154 more outperform votes than Warner Bros. Discovery when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.86% of users gave Charter Communications an outperform vote while only 56.85% of users gave Warner Bros. Discovery an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Charter Communications	Outperform Votes 793 61.86%	Underperform Votes 489 38.14%
Warner Bros. Discovery	Outperform Votes 639 56.85%	Underperform Votes 485 43.15%

Do analysts rate CHTR or DISCA?

Charter Communications currently has a consensus price target of $379.06, suggesting a potential downside of 2.59%. Given Charter Communications' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Charter Communications is more favorable than Warner Bros. Discovery.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Charter Communications	4 Sell rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.06
Warner Bros. Discovery	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Is CHTR or DISCA more profitable?

Charter Communications has a net margin of 8.52% compared to Warner Bros. Discovery's net margin of 8.25%. Charter Communications' return on equity of 28.73% beat Warner Bros. Discovery's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Charter Communications	8.52%	28.73%	3.15%
Warner Bros. Discovery	8.25%	8.12%	3.04%

Which has more risk and volatility, CHTR or DISCA?

Charter Communications has a beta of 1.03, suggesting that its stock price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Warner Bros. Discovery has a beta of 1.12, suggesting that its stock price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer CHTR or DISCA?

In the previous week, Charter Communications had 7 more articles in the media than Warner Bros. Discovery. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Charter Communications and 7 mentions for Warner Bros. Discovery. Charter Communications' average media sentiment score of 1.27 beat Warner Bros. Discovery's score of 0.00 indicating that Charter Communications is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Charter Communications	11 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Warner Bros. Discovery	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in CHTR or DISCA?

81.8% of Charter Communications shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 35.5% of Warner Bros. Discovery shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of Charter Communications shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.1% of Warner Bros. Discovery shares are held 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.

Which has better earnings and valuation, CHTR or DISCA?

Charter Communications has higher revenue and earnings than Warner Bros. Discovery. Charter Communications is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Warner Bros. Discovery, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Charter Communications	$54.61B	1.01	$4.56B	$31.93	12.19
Warner Bros. Discovery	$12.19B	1.01	$1.01B	$1.54	15.86

Summary

Charter Communications beats Warner Bros. Discovery on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.