ATUS vs. LILAK, LILA, TUYA, BELFA, HIMX, RSKD, PBI, KIND, MOMO, and DGII
Should you be buying Altice USA stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Altice USA include Liberty Latin America (LILAK), Liberty Latin America (LILA), Tuya (TUYA), Bel Fuse (BELFA), Himax Technologies (HIMX), Riskified (RSKD), Pitney Bowes (PBI), Nextdoor (KIND), Hello Group (MOMO), and Digi International (DGII). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Altice USA (NYSE:ATUS) and Liberty Latin America (NASDAQ:LILAK) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, earnings, community ranking, valuation and media sentiment.
Altice USA has a beta of 1.38, meaning that its stock price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Liberty Latin America has a beta of 1.11, meaning that its stock price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Altice USA has higher revenue and earnings than Liberty Latin America. Liberty Latin America is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Altice USA, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
54.9% of Altice USA shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 53.0% of Liberty Latin America shares are owned by institutional investors. 53.6% of Altice USA shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 9.7% of Liberty Latin America shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Altice USA has a net margin of 0.07% compared to Liberty Latin America's net margin of 0.00%. Liberty Latin America's return on equity of 0.00% beat Altice USA's return on equity.
In the previous week, Liberty Latin America had 6 more articles in the media than Altice USA. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Liberty Latin America and 3 mentions for Altice USA. Liberty Latin America's average media sentiment score of 1.28 beat Altice USA's score of 0.67 indicating that Liberty Latin America is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Altice USA presently has a consensus price target of $2.41, suggesting a potential upside of 6.22%. Liberty Latin America has a consensus price target of $14.35, suggesting a potential upside of 64.00%. Given Liberty Latin America's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Liberty Latin America is more favorable than Altice USA.
Altice USA received 276 more outperform votes than Liberty Latin America when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.94% of users gave Altice USA an outperform vote while only 65.83% of users gave Liberty Latin America an outperform vote.
Summary
Altice USA beats Liberty Latin America on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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