Liberty Broadband (LBRDK) Competitors

Orange (NYSE:ORAN) and Liberty Broadband (NASDAQ:LBRDK) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability and valuation.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, ORAN or LBRDK?

Orange has higher revenue and earnings than Liberty Broadband. Orange is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Liberty Broadband, 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
Orange	$44.61B	0.00	$2.64B	$1.28	N/A
Liberty Broadband	$981M	12.86	$688M	$5.43	16.27

Do analysts prefer ORAN or LBRDK?

Liberty Broadband has a consensus target price of $81.00, suggesting a potential downside of 8.29%. Given Orange's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Orange is more favorable than Liberty Broadband.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Orange	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.33
Liberty Broadband	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in ORAN or LBRDK?

80.2% of Liberty Broadband shares are held by institutional investors. 10.8% of Liberty Broadband shares are held by company 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 ORAN or LBRDK more profitable?

Liberty Broadband has a net margin of 78.07% compared to Orange's net margin of 0.00%. Liberty Broadband's return on equity of 8.45% beat Orange's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Orange	N/A	N/A	N/A
Liberty Broadband	78.07%	8.45%	4.92%

Which has more volatility & risk, ORAN or LBRDK?

Orange has a beta of 0.22, suggesting that its share price is 78% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Liberty Broadband has a beta of 1.02, suggesting that its share price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to ORAN or LBRDK?

In the previous week, Orange had 18 more articles in the media than Liberty Broadband. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Orange and 6 mentions for Liberty Broadband. Liberty Broadband's average media sentiment score of 0.81 beat Orange's score of -0.30 indicating that Liberty Broadband is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Orange	1 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	13 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	4 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Liberty Broadband	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community favor ORAN or LBRDK?

Orange received 52 more outperform votes than Liberty Broadband when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.16% of users gave Orange an outperform vote while only 56.39% of users gave Liberty Broadband an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Orange	Outperform Votes 308 60.16%	Underperform Votes 204 39.84%
Liberty Broadband	Outperform Votes 256 56.39%	Underperform Votes 198 43.61%

Summary

Liberty Broadband beats Orange on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.