Comcast (CMCSA) Competitors

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

Does the media refer more to CMCSA or CHTR?

In the previous week, Comcast had 49 more articles in the media than Charter Communications. MarketBeat recorded 63 mentions for Comcast and 14 mentions for Charter Communications. Comcast's average media sentiment score of 1.14 beat Charter Communications' score of 1.09 indicating that Comcast is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Comcast	42 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	11 Neutral mention(s)	4 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Charter Communications	10 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts rate CMCSA or CHTR?

Comcast presently has a consensus price target of $47.19, suggesting a potential upside of 9.76%. Charter Communications has a consensus price target of $379.06, suggesting a potential downside of 2.59%. Given Comcast's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities 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)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.53
Charter Communications	4 Sell rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.06

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, CMCSA or CHTR?

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
Comcast	$121.57B	1.35	$15.39B	$3.72	11.56
Charter Communications	$54.61B	1.01	$4.56B	$31.93	12.19

Is CMCSA or CHTR 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
Comcast	11.92%	19.81%	6.28%
Charter Communications	8.52%	28.73%	3.15%

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of CMCSA or CHTR?

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

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CMCSA or CHTR?

Comcast received 489 more outperform votes than Charter Communications when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 78.17% of users gave Comcast an outperform vote while only 61.86% of users gave Charter Communications an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Comcast	Outperform Votes 1282 78.17%	Underperform Votes 358 21.83%
Charter Communications	Outperform Votes 793 61.86%	Underperform Votes 489 38.14%

Which has more volatility & risk, CMCSA or CHTR?

Comcast has a beta of 1, indicating that its stock price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.Comparatively, Charter Communications has a beta of 1.03, indicating that its stock price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Comcast beats Charter Communications on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.