Liberty Global (LBTYK) Competitors

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

Which has more risk and volatility, RCI or LBTYK?

Rogers Communications has a beta of 0.69, indicating that its stock price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Liberty Global has a beta of 1.21, indicating that its stock price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is RCI or LBTYK 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%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in RCI or LBTYK?

Rogers Communications received 237 more outperform votes than Liberty Global when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 57.86% of users gave Liberty Global an outperform vote while only 56.24% of users gave Rogers Communications an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Rogers Communications	Outperform Votes 410 56.24%	Underperform Votes 319 43.76%
Liberty Global	Outperform Votes 173 57.86%	Underperform Votes 126 42.14%

Do analysts recommend RCI or LBTYK?

Rogers Communications currently has a consensus price target of $61.75, indicating a potential upside of 118.28%. Given Rogers Communications' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, 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)	3 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.29
Liberty Global	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, RCI or LBTYK?

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 prefer RCI or LBTYK?

In the previous week, Rogers Communications had 9 more articles in the media than Liberty Global. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Rogers Communications and 4 mentions for Liberty Global. Liberty Global's average media sentiment score of 0.90 beat Rogers Communications' score of 0.42 indicating that Liberty Global is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Rogers Communications	7 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Liberty Global	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in RCI or LBTYK?

45.5% of Rogers Communications shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 46.1% of Liberty Global shares are owned by institutional investors. 29.0% of Rogers Communications shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 9.9% of Liberty Global shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Rogers Communications beats Liberty Global on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.