Free Trial

This company has been marked as potentially delisted and may not be actively trading.

Liberty Global (LBTYB) Competitors

Liberty Global logo

LBTYB vs. RCI, LBRDK, LBRDA, ROKU, LBTYK, LBTYA, CABO, ADEA, ATUS, and LILAK

Should you be buying Liberty Global stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Liberty Global include Rogers Communications (RCI), Liberty Broadband (LBRDK), Liberty Broadband (LBRDA), Roku (ROKU), Liberty Global (LBTYK), Liberty Global (LBTYA), Cable One (CABO), Adeia (ADEA), Altice USA (ATUS), and Liberty Latin America (LILAK). These companies are all part of the "cable & other pay television services" industry.

Liberty Global vs.

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

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

Rogers Communications received 219 more outperform votes than Liberty Global when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 58.72% of users gave Liberty Global an outperform vote while only 56.15% of users gave Rogers Communications an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Rogers CommunicationsOutperform Votes
411
56.15%
Underperform Votes
321
43.85%
Liberty GlobalOutperform Votes
192
58.72%
Underperform Votes
135
41.28%

In the previous week, Rogers Communications had 15 more articles in the media than Liberty Global. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Rogers Communications and 2 mentions for Liberty Global. Rogers Communications' average media sentiment score of 1.10 beat Liberty Global's score of 0.00 indicating that Rogers Communications is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Rogers Communications Positive
Liberty Global Neutral

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Rogers Communications$20.60B0.66$1.27B$2.3210.89
Liberty Global$4.34B0.86-$4.05B$4.192.50

Rogers Communications presently has a consensus target price of $67.00, suggesting a potential upside of 165.24%. 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)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.25
Liberty Global
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

Rogers Communications has a beta of 0.67, suggesting that its share price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Liberty Global has a beta of 0.66, suggesting that its share price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Liberty Global has a net margin of 23.09% compared to Rogers Communications' net margin of 8.40%. Rogers Communications' return on equity of 25.19% beat Liberty Global's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Rogers Communications8.40% 25.19% 3.86%
Liberty Global 23.09%9.83%4.49%

Summary

Rogers Communications beats Liberty Global on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

Remove Ads
Get Liberty Global News Delivered to You Automatically

Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for LBTYB and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter.

New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Skip Chart

Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
Skip Chart

LBTYB vs. The Competition

MetricLiberty GlobalCable & other pay television services IndustryDiscretionary SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$3.97B$11.95B$7.03B$7.45B
Dividend YieldN/A3.92%3.49%4.32%
P/E Ratio2.486.3915.8017.79
Price / Sales0.861.767.0593.87
Price / Cash1.387.8016.4234.64
Price / Book0.301.354.123.98
Net Income-$4.05B$588.01M$259.47M$247.46M

Liberty Global Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
LBTYB
Liberty Global
0.9528 of 5 stars
$10.46
-14.3%
N/A-40.7%$3.97B$4.34B2.482,020Short Interest ↓
RCI
Rogers Communications
4.8846 of 5 stars
$25.25
+3.1%
$67.00
+165.3%
-34.2%$13.54B$20.60B10.8823,000Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
Positive News
LBRDK
Liberty Broadband
2.7006 of 5 stars
$78.28
+1.9%
$80.00
+2.2%
+63.5%$11.22B$1.02B14.421,900Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Down
LBRDA
Liberty Broadband
3.9666 of 5 stars
$77.22
+2.2%
$86.20
+11.6%
+61.7%$11.06B$1.02B14.221,900Short Interest ↓
Positive News
ROKU
Roku
3.9367 of 5 stars
$59.50
-1.2%
$95.33
+60.2%
+0.8%$8.68B$4.11B-66.853,600Analyst Forecast
Gap Down
LBTYK
Liberty Global
2.2516 of 5 stars
$10.90
+0.8%
N/A-36.4%$3.80B$4.34B2.6010,100News Coverage
Positive News
LBTYA
Liberty Global
3.2844 of 5 stars
$10.51
flat
$17.43
+65.8%
-36.5%$3.67B$4.34B2.5110,100News Coverage
Positive News
CABO
Cable One
4.7107 of 5 stars
$267.16
+0.8%
$417.75
+56.4%
-33.9%$1.50B$1.58B6.183,130Positive News
Gap Down
ADEA
Adeia
3.8606 of 5 stars
$11.85
+0.7%
$18.33
+54.7%
+18.7%$1.29B$376.02M20.79120Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
Positive News
ATUS
Altice USA
2.4861 of 5 stars
$2.47
+6.9%
$2.44
-1.3%
+12.4%$1.14B$8.95B-10.7411,000News Coverage
Gap Down
High Trading Volume
LILAK
Liberty Latin America
2.6454 of 5 stars
$5.24
+1.4%
$10.27
+95.9%
-28.0%$1.03B$4.46B-1.5711,000Positive News
Remove Ads

Related Companies and Tools


This page (NASDAQ:LBTYB) was last updated on 4/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
From Our Partners