SIRI vs. LBTYA, AMCX, CMCSA, CHTR, TME, IHRT, TSQ, SGA, UONE, and UONEK
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 Urban One (UONEK).
Sirius XM vs.
Liberty Global (NASDAQ:LBTYA) and Sirius XM (NASDAQ:SIRI) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, risk, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
Liberty Global has a beta of 1.24, suggesting that its stock price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sirius XM has a beta of 1.06, suggesting that its stock price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Sirius XM had 10 more articles in the media than Liberty Global. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Sirius XM and 6 mentions for Liberty Global. Liberty Global's average media sentiment score of 1.81 beat Sirius XM's score of 0.59 indicating that Liberty Global is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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.
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.
Liberty Global presently has a consensus price target of $17.75, indicating a potential upside of 53.41%. Sirius XM has a consensus price target of $26.81, indicating a potential upside of 11.51%. Given Liberty Global's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Liberty Global is more favorable than Sirius XM.
37.2% of Liberty Global shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 10.7% of Sirius XM shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.5% of Liberty Global shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Sirius XM shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Sirius XM received 118 more outperform votes than Liberty Global when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 70.37% of users gave Liberty Global an outperform vote while only 59.70% of users gave Sirius XM an outperform vote.
Summary
Liberty Global beats Sirius XM on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:SIRI) was last updated on 3/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
