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SIRI vs. LBTYA, AMCX, CMCSA, CHTR, TME, IHRT, TSQ, SGA, UONE, and SALM

Should you be buying Sirius XM stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Sirius XM include Liberty Global (LBTYA), AMC Networks (AMCX), Comcast (CMCSA), Charter Communications (CHTR), Tencent Music Entertainment Group (TME), iHeartMedia (IHRT), Townsquare Media (TSQ), Saga Communications (SGA), Urban One (UONE), and Salem Media Group (SALM).

Sirius XM vs.

Sirius XM (NASDAQ:SIRI) and Liberty Global (NASDAQ:LBTYA) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation and risk.

Sirius XM received 121 more outperform votes than Liberty Global when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 70.37% of users gave Liberty Global an outperform vote while only 59.80% of users gave Sirius XM an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Sirius XMOutperform Votes
729
59.80%
Underperform Votes
490
40.20%
Liberty GlobalOutperform Votes
608
70.37%
Underperform Votes
256
29.63%

Sirius XM currently has a consensus price target of $26.81, indicating a potential upside of 23.71%. Liberty Global has a consensus price target of $17.43, indicating a potential upside of 60.19%. Given Liberty Global's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Liberty Global is more favorable than Sirius XM.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Sirius XM
5 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.07
Liberty Global
1 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.29

Liberty Global has a net margin of 23.09% compared to Sirius XM's net margin of -24.03%. Sirius XM's return on equity of 13.44% beat Liberty Global's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Sirius XM-24.03% 13.44% 3.03%
Liberty Global 23.09%9.83%4.49%

Sirius XM has a beta of 0.98, indicating that its share price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Liberty Global has a beta of 1.25, indicating that its share price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Sirius XM had 18 more articles in the media than Liberty Global. MarketBeat recorded 29 mentions for Sirius XM and 11 mentions for Liberty Global. Liberty Global's average media sentiment score of 1.69 beat Sirius XM's score of 0.69 indicating that Liberty Global is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Sirius XM
11 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
12 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Liberty Global
9 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

10.7% of Sirius XM shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 37.2% of Liberty Global shares are held by institutional investors. 0.8% of Sirius XM shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.5% of Liberty Global shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Sirius XM has higher revenue and earnings than Liberty Global. Sirius XM is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Liberty Global, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Sirius XM$8.90B0.82-$1.67B-$6.41-3.38
Liberty Global$4.34B0.87-$4.05B$4.192.60

Summary

Liberty Global beats Sirius XM on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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SIRI vs. The Competition

MetricSirius XMRadio broadcasting stations IndustryDiscretionary SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$7.34B$11.29B$7.43B$7.80B
Dividend Yield5.32%6.76%3.50%4.30%
P/E Ratio-3.3825.2016.1918.40
Price / Sales0.820.807.39101.30
Price / Cash6.9710.4616.4234.62
Price / Book0.664.044.374.18
Net Income-$1.67B-$137.08M$258.87M$247.71M
7 Day Performance6.72%2.58%4.62%6.45%
1 Month Performance-10.60%12.65%-5.15%-3.14%
1 Year Performance-28.25%6.95%-3.57%5.40%

Sirius XM Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SIRI
Sirius XM
3.6498 of 5 stars
$21.67
+1.5%
$26.81
+23.7%
-28.2%$7.34B$8.90B-3.385,515Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Revision
LBTYA
Liberty Global
3.3104 of 5 stars
$10.29
-3.2%
$17.43
+69.4%
-32.6%$3.59B$4.34B2.4610,100Upcoming Earnings
News Coverage
Positive News
AMCX
AMC Networks
2.1428 of 5 stars
$6.00
-1.6%
$6.50
+8.3%
-42.3%$264.82M$2.42B-1.141,950Positive News
CMCSA
Comcast
4.9401 of 5 stars
$33.36
-1.9%
$42.50
+27.4%
-10.5%$126.13B$123.73B8.04186,000Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
CHTR
Charter Communications
3.9139 of 5 stars
$320.73
-5.4%
$387.88
+20.9%
+44.2%$45.53B$55.09B9.17101,700Earnings Report
Analyst Upgrade
News Coverage
Gap Up
TME
Tencent Music Entertainment Group
3.2808 of 5 stars
$11.87
-3.4%
$15.00
+26.4%
+5.2%$20.37B$28.40B21.985,970News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Up
IHRT
iHeartMedia
1.9148 of 5 stars
$0.99
+1.2%
$2.83
+184.8%
-51.4%$146.41M$3.85B-0.1511,000Analyst Revision
News Coverage
Positive News
TSQ
Townsquare Media
4.4888 of 5 stars
$6.61
-4.6%
$18.00
+172.3%
-44.9%$106.55M$450.98M-2.442,340Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
SGA
Saga Communications
4.6694 of 5 stars
$11.76
+2.9%
N/A-50.6%$75.76M$112.92M16.33570Positive News
Gap Down
UONE
Urban One
1.2966 of 5 stars
$1.35
-0.4%
N/A-29.6%$64.43M$449.67M-0.791,160News Coverage
SALM
Salem Media Group
N/A$1.11
-14.6%
N/A+360.2%$30.21M$261.57M-3.261,340

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