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