Cable One (CABO) Competitors

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

Which has higher valuation and earnings, CABO or FYBR?

Cable One has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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
Cable One	$1.68B	1.38	$224.62M	$43.24	9.54
Frontier Communications Parent	$5.75B	1.50	$29M	-$0.75	-46.23

Is CABO or FYBR 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
Cable One	15.86%	10.98%	3.04%
Frontier Communications Parent	-3.19%	-3.61%	-0.91%

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of CABO or FYBR?

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

Do analysts prefer CABO or FYBR?

Cable One currently has a consensus target price of $531.67, suggesting a potential upside of 28.90%. Frontier Communications Parent has a consensus target price of $35.31, suggesting a potential upside of 1.85%. Given Cable One's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Cable One is more favorable than Frontier Communications Parent.

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

Which has more risk & volatility, CABO or FYBR?

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

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CABO or FYBR?

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

Does the media favor CABO or FYBR?

In the previous week, Cable One had 8 more articles in the media than Frontier Communications Parent. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Cable One and 6 mentions for Frontier Communications Parent. Frontier Communications Parent's average media sentiment score of 0.89 beat Cable One's score of 0.20 indicating that Frontier Communications Parent is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Cable One	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Frontier Communications Parent	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

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