Comcast (CMCSA) Competitors

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

Which has higher earnings & valuation, CHTR or CMCSA?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Charter Communications	$54.87B	0.91	$4.56B	$31.93	11.01
Comcast	$123.07B	1.19	$15.39B	$3.72	10.27

Do institutionals & insiders believe in CHTR or CMCSA?

81.8% of Charter Communications shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.3% of Comcast shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Charter Communications shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of Comcast shares are owned 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.

Is CHTR or CMCSA more profitable?

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
Charter Communications	8.52%	28.73%	3.15%
Comcast	11.92%	19.81%	6.28%

Does the media favor CHTR or CMCSA?

In the previous week, Comcast had 9 more articles in the media than Charter Communications. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Comcast and 11 mentions for Charter Communications. Charter Communications' average media sentiment score of 1.01 beat Comcast's score of 0.14 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	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Comcast	5 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CHTR or CMCSA?

Comcast received 495 more outperform votes than Charter Communications when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 78.22% of users gave Comcast an outperform vote while only 61.84% of users gave Charter Communications an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Charter Communications	Outperform Votes 794 61.84%	Underperform Votes 490 38.16%
Comcast	Outperform Votes 1289 78.22%	Underperform Votes 359 21.78%

Which has more volatility & risk, CHTR or CMCSA?

Charter Communications has a beta of 1.08, suggesting that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Comcast has a beta of 0.99, suggesting that its stock price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer CHTR or CMCSA?

Charter Communications presently has a consensus target price of $384.42, indicating a potential upside of 9.37%. Comcast has a consensus target price of $47.06, indicating a potential upside of 23.13%. Given Comcast's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Comcast is more favorable than Charter Communications.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Charter Communications	4 Sell rating(s)	10 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.10
Comcast	1 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Summary

Comcast beats Charter Communications on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.