Comcast (CMCSA) Competitors

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

Does the media favor CMCSA or CHTR?

In the previous week, Comcast had 46 more articles in the media than Charter Communications. MarketBeat recorded 63 mentions for Comcast and 17 mentions for Charter Communications. Comcast's average media sentiment score of 1.31 beat Charter Communications' score of 1.21 indicating that Comcast is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Comcast	55 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Charter Communications	12 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CMCSA or CHTR?

Comcast received 502 more outperform votes than Charter Communications when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 77.80% of users gave Comcast an outperform vote while only 61.72% of users gave Charter Communications an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Comcast	Outperform Votes 1297 77.80%	Underperform Votes 370 22.20%
Charter Communications	Outperform Votes 795 61.72%	Underperform Votes 493 38.28%

Do analysts prefer CMCSA or CHTR?

Comcast presently has a consensus price target of $44.13, suggesting a potential upside of 21.73%. Charter Communications has a consensus price target of $384.42, suggesting a potential upside of 6.47%. Given Comcast's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Comcast is more favorable than Charter Communications.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Comcast	0 Sell rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.65
Charter Communications	4 Sell rating(s)	10 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.10

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 large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility & risk, CMCSA or CHTR?

Comcast has a beta of 1, suggesting that its share price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.Comparatively, Charter Communications has a beta of 1.11, suggesting that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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 better earnings and 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	1.11	$16.19B	$4.15	8.74
Charter Communications	$55.09B	0.93	$5.08B	$34.96	10.33

Summary

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