Frontier Communications Parent (FYBR) Competitors

Frontier Communications Parent (NASDAQ:FYBR) and Liberty Broadband (NASDAQ:LBRDA) 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 media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation and community ranking.

Which has higher valuation & earnings, FYBR or LBRDA?

Liberty Broadband has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Frontier Communications Parent. Liberty Broadband is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Frontier Communications Parent, 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	1.15	$29M	$0.11	242.36
Liberty Broadband	$981M	7.90	$688M	$5.89	9.21

Is FYBR or LBRDA more profitable?

Liberty Broadband has a net margin of 87.75% compared to Frontier Communications Parent's net margin of 0.47%. Liberty Broadband's return on equity of 9.55% beat Frontier Communications Parent's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Frontier Communications Parent	0.47%	0.52%	0.13%
Liberty Broadband	87.75%	9.55%	5.50%

Does the media refer more to FYBR or LBRDA?

In the previous week, Frontier Communications Parent had 4 more articles in the media than Liberty Broadband. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Frontier Communications Parent and 1 mentions for Liberty Broadband. Liberty Broadband's average media sentiment score of 1.92 beat Frontier Communications Parent's score of 1.62 indicating that Liberty Broadband is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Frontier Communications Parent	Very Positive
Liberty Broadband	Very Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer FYBR or LBRDA?

Liberty Broadband received 294 more outperform votes than Frontier Communications Parent when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.35% of users gave Liberty Broadband an outperform vote while only 56.67% of users gave Frontier Communications Parent an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Frontier Communications Parent	Outperform Votes 34 56.67%	Underperform Votes 26 43.33%
Liberty Broadband	Outperform Votes 328 67.35%	Underperform Votes 159 32.65%

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

10.3% of Liberty Broadband shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.4% of Frontier Communications Parent shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 14.2% of Liberty Broadband shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk and volatility, FYBR or LBRDA?

Frontier Communications Parent has a beta of 1.05, indicating that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Liberty Broadband has a beta of 0.99, indicating that its stock price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer FYBR or LBRDA?

Frontier Communications Parent currently has a consensus target price of $29.13, indicating a potential upside of 9.25%. Given Frontier Communications Parent's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Frontier Communications Parent is more favorable than Liberty Broadband.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Frontier Communications Parent	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75
Liberty Broadband	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Summary

Liberty Broadband beats Frontier Communications Parent on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.