Liberty Global (LBTYB) Competitors

Rogers Communications (NYSE:RCI) and Liberty Global (NASDAQ:LBTYB) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, profitability, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and valuation.

Is RCI or LBTYB more profitable?

Rogers Communications has a net margin of 7.34% compared to Liberty Global's net margin of -54.02%. Rogers Communications' return on equity of 23.75% beat Liberty Global's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Rogers Communications	7.34%	23.75%	3.67%
Liberty Global	-54.02%	-22.30%	-10.03%

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of RCI or LBTYB?

45.5% of Rogers Communications shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.5% of Liberty Global shares are owned by institutional investors. 29.0% of Rogers Communications shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.5% of Liberty Global shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts prefer RCI or LBTYB?

Rogers Communications presently has a consensus price target of $61.75, suggesting a potential upside of 118.34%. Given Rogers Communications' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Rogers Communications is more favorable than Liberty Global.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Rogers Communications	1 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.14
Liberty Global	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer RCI or LBTYB?

Rogers Communications received 218 more outperform votes than Liberty Global when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 58.72% of users gave Liberty Global an outperform vote while only 56.16% of users gave Rogers Communications an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Rogers Communications	Outperform Votes 410 56.16%	Underperform Votes 320 43.84%
Liberty Global	Outperform Votes 192 58.72%	Underperform Votes 135 41.28%

Which has better earnings and valuation, RCI or LBTYB?

Rogers Communications has higher revenue and earnings than Liberty Global. Liberty Global is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Rogers 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
Rogers Communications	$14.18B	1.07	$628.94M	$2.05	13.80
Liberty Global	$7.49B	0.58	-$4.05B	-$10.15	-1.19

Does the media refer more to RCI or LBTYB?

In the previous week, Rogers Communications had 11 more articles in the media than Liberty Global. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Rogers Communications and 2 mentions for Liberty Global. Rogers Communications' average media sentiment score of 0.42 beat Liberty Global's score of 0.00 indicating that Rogers Communications is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Rogers Communications	7 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Liberty Global	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has more risk and volatility, RCI or LBTYB?

Rogers Communications has a beta of 0.69, meaning that its stock price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Liberty Global has a beta of 0.67, meaning that its stock price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Rogers Communications beats Liberty Global on 16 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.