LILAK vs. LILA, PHI, TEO, LBTYK, VEON, GSAT, TGNA, GOGO, NMAX, and ADEA
Should you be buying Liberty Global stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Liberty Global include Liberty Latin America (LILA), PLDT (PHI), Telecom Argentina Stet - France Telecom (TEO), Liberty Global (LBTYK), VEON (VEON), Globalstar (GSAT), TEGNA (TGNA), Gogo (GOGO), Newsmax (NMAX), and Adeia (ADEA). These companies are all part of the "communication" industry.
Liberty Global vs. Its Competitors
Liberty Global (NASDAQ:LILAK) and Liberty Latin America (NASDAQ:LILA) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, earnings, media sentiment and valuation.
Liberty Global presently has a consensus target price of $10.27, indicating a potential upside of 59.67%. Liberty Latin America has a consensus target price of $6.50, indicating a potential upside of 3.17%. Given Liberty Global's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Liberty Global is more favorable than Liberty Latin America.
Liberty Global has a beta of 0.95, meaning that its stock price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Liberty Latin America has a beta of 0.97, meaning that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Liberty Global is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Liberty Latin America, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
53.0% of Liberty Global shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 18.5% of Liberty Latin America shares are held by institutional investors. 9.7% of Liberty Global shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.4% of Liberty Latin America shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Liberty Global and Liberty Global both had 2 articles in the media. Liberty Global's average media sentiment score of 1.65 beat Liberty Latin America's score of 1.08 indicating that Liberty Global is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Liberty Global beats Liberty Latin America on 6 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NASDAQ:LILAK) was last updated on 7/9/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
