Comcast (CMCSA) Competitors

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

Do institutionals and insiders believe in 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, 0.8% of Charter Communications shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts rate CMCSA or CHTR?

Comcast presently has a consensus price target of $42.60, suggesting a potential upside of 25.25%. Charter Communications has a consensus price target of $389.06, suggesting a potential upside of 13.74%. Given Comcast's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Comcast is more favorable than Charter Communications.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Comcast	2 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Charter Communications	5 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.06

Does the media prefer CMCSA or CHTR?

In the previous week, Comcast had 29 more articles in the media than Charter Communications. MarketBeat recorded 56 mentions for Comcast and 27 mentions for Charter Communications. Charter Communications' average media sentiment score of 1.14 beat Comcast's score of 1.06 indicating that Charter Communications is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Comcast	32 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	11 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Charter Communications	17 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is CMCSA or CHTR more profitable?

Comcast has a net margin of 13.09% compared to Charter Communications' net margin of 9.23%. Charter Communications' return on equity of 29.01% beat Comcast's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Comcast	13.09%	19.98%	6.38%
Charter Communications	9.23%	29.01%	3.41%

Which has stronger 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	$123.73B	1.04	$16.19B	$4.15	8.20
Charter Communications	$55.09B	0.88	$5.08B	$34.96	9.78

Which has more volatility and risk, CMCSA or CHTR?

Comcast has a beta of 0.94, suggesting that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Charter Communications has a beta of 1.13, suggesting that its stock price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CMCSA or CHTR?

Comcast received 502 more outperform votes than Charter Communications when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 77.60% of users gave Comcast an outperform vote while only 61.59% of users gave Charter Communications an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Comcast	Outperform Votes 1299 77.60%	Underperform Votes 375 22.40%
Charter Communications	Outperform Votes 797 61.59%	Underperform Votes 497 38.41%

Summary

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