LILA vs. PHI, TIGO, TEO, LBTYK, VEON, ADEA, CABO, LILAK, ATUS, and TV
Should you be buying Liberty Latin America stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Liberty Latin America include PLDT (PHI), Millicom International Cellular (TIGO), Telecom Argentina (TEO), Liberty Global (LBTYK), VEON (VEON), Adeia (ADEA), Cable One (CABO), Liberty Latin America (LILAK), Altice USA (ATUS), and Grupo Televisa, S.A.B. (TV). These companies are all part of the "communication" industry.
Liberty Latin America vs.
PLDT (NYSE:PHI) and Liberty Latin America (NASDAQ:LILA) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, risk, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, community ranking and media sentiment.
2.3% of PLDT shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 18.5% of Liberty Latin America shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of PLDT shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.4% of Liberty Latin America shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
PLDT has a beta of 0.68, suggesting that its share price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Liberty Latin America has a beta of 1.01, suggesting that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Liberty Latin America has a consensus target price of $7.90, suggesting a potential upside of 22.20%. Given Liberty Latin America's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Liberty Latin America is more favorable than PLDT.
In the previous week, PLDT had 1 more articles in the media than Liberty Latin America. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for PLDT and 1 mentions for Liberty Latin America. Liberty Latin America's average media sentiment score of 1.91 beat PLDT's score of 0.36 indicating that Liberty Latin America is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
PLDT has a net margin of 12.34% compared to Liberty Latin America's net margin of -14.74%. PLDT's return on equity of 22.11% beat Liberty Latin America's return on equity.
PLDT has higher revenue and earnings than Liberty Latin America. Liberty Latin America is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than PLDT, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
PLDT received 72 more outperform votes than Liberty Latin America when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.60% of users gave PLDT an outperform vote while only 57.76% of users gave Liberty Latin America an outperform vote.
Summary
PLDT beats Liberty Latin America on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:LILA) was last updated on 3/28/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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