Comcast (CMCSA) Competitors

Comcast (NASDAQ:CMCSA) and Charter Communications (NASDAQ:CHTR) are both large-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, profitability, community ranking, risk and valuation.

Is CMCSA or CHTR more profitable?

Comcast has a net margin of 12.64% compared to Charter Communications' net margin of 8.50%. Charter Communications' return on equity of 31.42% beat Comcast's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Comcast	12.64%	20.10%	6.39%
Charter Communications	8.50%	31.42%	3.16%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CMCSA or CHTR?

Comcast received 478 more outperform votes than Charter Communications when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 78.58% of users gave Comcast an outperform vote while only 62.79% of users gave Charter Communications an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Comcast	Outperform Votes 1266 78.58%	Underperform Votes 345 21.42%
Charter Communications	Outperform Votes 788 62.79%	Underperform Votes 467 37.21%

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of CMCSA or CHTR?

84.3% of Comcast shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.8% of Charter Communications shares are held by institutional investors. 1.2% of Comcast shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Charter Communications shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility and risk, CMCSA or CHTR?

Comcast has a beta of 0.99, indicating that its share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Charter Communications has a beta of 0.97, indicating that its share price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer CMCSA or CHTR?

In the previous week, Comcast had 14 more articles in the media than Charter Communications. MarketBeat recorded 28 mentions for Comcast and 14 mentions for Charter Communications. Charter Communications' average media sentiment score of 0.64 beat Comcast's score of 0.56 indicating that Charter Communications is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Comcast	11 Very Positive mention(s)	6 Positive mention(s)	10 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Charter Communications	8 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts prefer CMCSA or CHTR?

Comcast currently has a consensus target price of $49.60, suggesting a potential upside of 27.02%. Charter Communications has a consensus target price of $356.47, suggesting a potential upside of 30.68%. Given Charter Communications' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Charter Communications is more favorable than Comcast.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Comcast	0 Sell rating(s)	10 Hold rating(s)	11 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.52
Charter Communications	1 Sell rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.27

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, CMCSA or CHTR?

Comcast has higher revenue and earnings than Charter Communications. Charter Communications is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Comcast, 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
Comcast	$121.57B	1.26	$15.39B	$3.78	10.33
Charter Communications	$54.61B	0.72	$4.56B	$30.92	8.82

Summary

Comcast beats Charter Communications on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.