Cable One (CABO) Competitors

Frontier Communications Parent (NASDAQ:FYBR) and Cable One (NYSE:CABO) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, community ranking, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, profitability, media sentiment and valuation.

Which has more volatility and risk, FYBR or CABO?

Frontier Communications Parent has a beta of 1.1, meaning that its stock price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cable One has a beta of 0.84, meaning that its stock price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, FYBR or CABO?

Cable One has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Frontier Communications Parent. Frontier Communications Parent is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cable One, 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
Frontier Communications Parent	$5.75B	1.50	$29M	-$0.75	-46.29
Cable One	$1.68B	1.35	$224.62M	$43.24	9.33

Do analysts rate FYBR or CABO?

Frontier Communications Parent presently has a consensus price target of $35.31, suggesting a potential upside of 1.71%. Cable One has a consensus price target of $531.67, suggesting a potential upside of 31.81%. Given Cable One's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Cable One is more favorable than Frontier Communications Parent.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Frontier Communications Parent	0 Sell rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25
Cable One	2 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in FYBR or CABO?

Cable One received 258 more outperform votes than Frontier Communications Parent when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.90% of users gave Cable One an outperform vote while only 53.95% of users gave Frontier Communications Parent an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Frontier Communications Parent	Outperform Votes 41 53.95%	Underperform Votes 35 46.05%
Cable One	Outperform Votes 299 60.90%	Underperform Votes 192 39.10%

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in FYBR or CABO?

89.9% of Cable One shares are held by institutional investors. 1.4% of Frontier Communications Parent shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Cable One shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is FYBR or CABO more profitable?

Cable One has a net margin of 15.86% compared to Frontier Communications Parent's net margin of -3.19%. Cable One's return on equity of 10.98% beat Frontier Communications Parent's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Frontier Communications Parent	-3.19%	-3.61%	-0.91%
Cable One	15.86%	10.98%	3.04%

Does the media prefer FYBR or CABO?

In the previous week, Frontier Communications Parent had 4 more articles in the media than Cable One. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Frontier Communications Parent and 3 mentions for Cable One. Cable One's average media sentiment score of 1.60 beat Frontier Communications Parent's score of 0.84 indicating that Cable One is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Frontier Communications Parent	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Cable One	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Summary

Cable One beats Frontier Communications Parent on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.