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Liberty Global (LBTYA) Competitors

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$12.45 +0.55 (+4.62%)
(As of 04:40 PM ET)

LBTYA vs. SIRI, DISH, CABO, LILA, DISCA, ATUS, AMCX, CMCSA, CHTR, and WBD

Should you be buying Liberty Global stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Liberty Global include Sirius XM (SIRI), DISH Network (DISH), Cable One (CABO), Liberty Latin America (LILA), Warner Bros. Discovery (DISCA), Altice USA (ATUS), AMC Networks (AMCX), Comcast (CMCSA), Charter Communications (CHTR), and Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD).

Liberty Global vs.

Sirius XM (NASDAQ:SIRI) and Liberty Global (NASDAQ:LBTYA) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings and valuation.

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Sirius XM$8.95B1.03$1.26B-$6.34-4.28
Liberty Global$7.49B0.58-$4.05B-$10.15-1.20

Sirius XM has a beta of 1.04, suggesting that its stock price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Liberty Global has a beta of 1.18, suggesting that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.

10.7% of Sirius XM shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 37.2% of Liberty Global shares are held by institutional investors. 0.8% of Sirius XM shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.5% of Liberty Global shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock 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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Sirius XM-23.02% 68.38% 4.33%
Liberty Global -54.02%-22.30%-10.03%

Sirius XM presently has a consensus price target of $28.96, suggesting a potential upside of 6.63%. Liberty Global has a consensus price target of $24.26, suggesting a potential upside of 98.83%. Given Liberty Global's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Liberty Global is more favorable than Sirius XM.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Sirius XM
5 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.93
Liberty Global
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

In the previous week, Sirius XM had 21 more articles in the media than Liberty Global. MarketBeat recorded 28 mentions for Sirius XM and 7 mentions for Liberty Global. Liberty Global's average media sentiment score of 0.90 beat Sirius XM's score of 0.14 indicating that Liberty Global is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Sirius XM
6 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
9 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Liberty Global
3 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Sirius XM received 116 more outperform votes than Liberty Global when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 70.63% of users gave Liberty Global an outperform vote while only 59.97% of users gave Sirius XM an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Sirius XMOutperform Votes
722
59.97%
Underperform Votes
482
40.03%
Liberty GlobalOutperform Votes
606
70.63%
Underperform Votes
252
29.37%

Summary

Sirius XM beats Liberty Global on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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LBTYA vs. The Competition

MetricLiberty GlobalCable & other pay television services IndustryComputer SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$4.36B$13.78B$23.92B$8.93B
Dividend YieldN/A3.42%2.75%4.03%
P/E Ratio-1.208.86271.5417.46
Price / Sales0.581.893,303.0492.00
Price / CashN/A5.0633.8036.42
Price / Book0.231.737.055.94
Net Income-$4.05B$469.62M$661.23M$224.98M
7 Day Performance-38.48%-4.86%-0.03%-0.08%
1 Month Performance-40.37%-3.41%2.35%4.54%
1 Year Performance-23.61%-9.14%20.03%27.77%

Liberty Global Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
LBTYA
Liberty Global
2.9744 of 5 stars
$12.45
+4.6%
$24.26
+94.8%
-22.6%$4.45B$7.49B-1.239,860News Coverage
High Trading Volume
SIRI
Sirius XM
4.0867 of 5 stars
$26.13
+0.0%
N/A-43.3%$8.86B$8.95B-4.125,680Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↑
DISH
DISH Network
1.5243 of 5 stars
$5.77
flat
N/A+73.3%$3.08B$15.62B3.0914,200News Coverage
CABO
Cable One
4.7591 of 5 stars
$402.57
+4.1%
N/A-21.1%$2.26B$1.68B9.482,993Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↓
LILA
Liberty Latin America
4.1755 of 5 stars
$7.62
-7.5%
N/A-6.8%$2.04B$4.51B-2.6010,600Short Interest ↑
Positive News
DISCA
Warner Bros. Discovery
1.3062 of 5 stars
$24.43
flat
N/A+0.0%$12.37B$12.19B15.8611,000
ATUS
Altice USA
2.5362 of 5 stars
$2.59
-1.5%
N/A+31.5%$1.19B$9.24B-7.0010,600Insider Selling
Short Interest ↓
AMCX
AMC Networks
3.0344 of 5 stars
$8.56
+2.5%
N/A-27.7%$377.48M$2.54B6.531,900Earnings Report
Analyst Upgrade
High Trading Volume
CMCSA
Comcast
4.4897 of 5 stars
$43.91
-0.6%
N/A+5.8%$170.04B$121.57B11.80186,000Short Interest ↑
Positive News
CHTR
Charter Communications
3.9225 of 5 stars
$393.71
+0.2%
N/A0.0%$56.20B$54.61B12.33101,100Gap Up
WBD
Warner Bros. Discovery
2.7448 of 5 stars
$9.18
-2.0%
N/A-1.7%$22.51B$39.93B-1.9135,300Earnings Report
Analyst Upgrade
Analyst Revision

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This page (NASDAQ:LBTYA) was last updated on 11/14/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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