LBTYA vs. SIRI, AMCX, CMCSA, CHTR, RCI, ROKU, LBRDK, LBRDA, LBTYK, and CABO
Should you be buying Liberty Global stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Liberty Global include Sirius XM (SIRI), AMC Networks (AMCX), Comcast (CMCSA), Charter Communications (CHTR), Rogers Communications (RCI), Roku (ROKU), Liberty Broadband (LBRDK), Liberty Broadband (LBRDA), Liberty Global (LBTYK), and Cable One (CABO).
Liberty Global vs.
Liberty Global (NASDAQ:LBTYA) and Sirius XM (NASDAQ:SIRI) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, community ranking, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.
Sirius XM received 117 more outperform votes than Liberty Global when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 70.34% of users gave Liberty Global an outperform vote while only 59.74% of users gave Sirius XM an outperform vote.
Sirius XM has higher revenue and earnings than Liberty Global. Sirius XM is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Liberty Global, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Liberty Global currently has a consensus target price of $18.13, suggesting a potential upside of 52.57%. Sirius XM has a consensus target price of $27.42, suggesting a potential upside of 24.88%. Given Liberty Global's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Liberty Global is more favorable than Sirius XM.
In the previous week, Sirius XM had 23 more articles in the media than Liberty Global. MarketBeat recorded 33 mentions for Sirius XM and 10 mentions for Liberty Global. Liberty Global's average media sentiment score of 0.68 beat Sirius XM's score of 0.51 indicating that Liberty Global is being referred to more favorably in the media.
37.2% of Liberty Global shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 10.7% of Sirius XM shares are held by institutional investors. 11.5% of Liberty Global shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Sirius XM shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Sirius XM has a net margin of -23.02% compared to Liberty Global's net margin of -54.02%. Sirius XM's return on equity of 68.38% beat Liberty Global's return on equity.
Liberty Global has a beta of 1.25, suggesting that its share price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sirius XM has a beta of 1.05, suggesting that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Sirius XM beats Liberty Global on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:LBTYA) was last updated on 1/27/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
