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CHTR vs. CMCSA, SIRI, LBTYA, AMCX, WBD, RCI, ROKU, LBRDK, LBRDA, and LBTYK

Should you be buying Charter Communications stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Charter Communications include Comcast (CMCSA), Sirius XM (SIRI), Liberty Global (LBTYA), AMC Networks (AMCX), Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), Rogers Communications (RCI), Roku (ROKU), Liberty Broadband (LBRDK), Liberty Broadband (LBRDA), and Liberty Global (LBTYK).

Charter Communications vs.

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 risk, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings and institutional ownership.

Comcast has a net margin of 11.92% compared to Charter Communications' net margin of 8.52%. Charter Communications' return on equity of 28.73% beat Comcast's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Comcast11.92% 19.81% 6.28%
Charter Communications 8.52%28.73%3.15%

In the previous week, Comcast had 30 more articles in the media than Charter Communications. MarketBeat recorded 47 mentions for Comcast and 17 mentions for Charter Communications. Comcast's average media sentiment score of 1.16 beat Charter Communications' score of 0.79 indicating that Comcast is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Comcast
34 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Charter Communications
8 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Comcast presently has a consensus price target of $47.33, suggesting a potential upside of 28.03%. Charter Communications has a consensus price target of $383.89, suggesting a potential upside of 9.51%. Given Comcast's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Comcast is more favorable than Charter Communications.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Comcast
1 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
10 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.68
Charter Communications
4 Sell rating(s)
10 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.10

Comcast received 499 more outperform votes than Charter Communications when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 78.17% of users gave Comcast an outperform vote while only 61.79% of users gave Charter Communications an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
ComcastOutperform Votes
1293
78.17%
Underperform Votes
361
21.83%
Charter CommunicationsOutperform Votes
794
61.79%
Underperform Votes
491
38.21%

84.3% of Comcast shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.8% of Charter Communications shares are held by institutional investors. 1.3% of Comcast shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Charter Communications shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Comcast$121.57B1.16$15.39B$3.729.94
Charter Communications$54.87B0.91$4.56B$31.9310.98

Comcast has a beta of 1.01, suggesting that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Charter Communications has a beta of 1.1, suggesting that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Comcast beats Charter Communications on 15 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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CHTR vs. The Competition

MetricCharter CommunicationsCable & other pay television services IndustryDiscretionary SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$49.85B$12.53B$8.47B$9.13B
Dividend YieldN/A3.56%2.85%4.00%
P/E Ratio10.989.3414.5517.53
Price / Sales0.911.776.6480.48
Price / Cash3.824.2015.3932.90
Price / Book3.431.586.034.69
Net Income$4.56B$466.29M$274.28M$224.57M
7 Day Performance1.23%2.93%2.14%3.33%
1 Month Performance-0.27%-3.25%2.51%5.33%
1 Year Performance-5.53%-8.03%12.14%22.98%

Charter Communications Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CHTR
Charter Communications
4.2485 of 5 stars
$350.56
-0.2%
$383.89
+9.5%
-5.3%$49.85B$54.87B10.98101,100
CMCSA
Comcast
4.9909 of 5 stars
$36.58
+0.7%
$47.33
+29.4%
-15.6%$139.97B$121.57B9.83186,000Short Interest ↑
Positive News
SIRI
Sirius XM
4.1253 of 5 stars
$22.27
+1.6%
$27.58
+23.8%
-58.9%$7.55B$8.95B-3.515,680
LBTYA
Liberty Global
3.5455 of 5 stars
$11.69
flat
$18.94
+62.0%
-39.7%$4.18B$7.49B-1.159,860News Coverage
AMCX
AMC Networks
2.8148 of 5 stars
$8.89
-2.0%
$8.50
-4.4%
-49.7%$392.23M$2.71B14.111,900News Coverage
WBD
Warner Bros. Discovery
3.5062 of 5 stars
$9.52
+0.5%
$11.56
+21.5%
-8.0%$23.35B$41.32B-2.0835,300Analyst Upgrade
RCI
Rogers Communications
4.911 of 5 stars
$28.19
-1.0%
$61.75
+119.0%
-40.8%$15.07B$14.18B13.7526,000Analyst Forecast
ROKU
Roku
2.5172 of 5 stars
$75.89
+1.0%
$82.62
+8.9%
-12.8%$11.02B$3.48B-63.243,150Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
LBRDK
Liberty Broadband
2.9673 of 5 stars
$76.50
+0.9%
$81.00
+5.9%
-2.1%$10.93B$981M14.091,900
LBRDA
Liberty Broadband
3.5595 of 5 stars
$75.53
+0.5%
$79.00
+4.6%
-2.7%$10.79B$1.00B13.911,900Positive News
High Trading Volume
LBTYK
Liberty Global
1.2232 of 5 stars
$12.01
flat
N/A-41.4%$4.29B$7.49B-1.1810,100

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This page (NASDAQ:CHTR) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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