Head to Head Comparison: GCI Liberty, Inc. – Series C GCI Group (GLIBK) & Its Peers

GCI Liberty, Inc. – Series C GCI Group (NASDAQ:GLIBK) is one of 203 publicly-traded companies in the “Diversified Telecommunication Services” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its competitors? We will compare GCI Liberty, Inc. – Series C GCI Group to similar companies based on the strength of its risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, profitability and valuation.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares GCI Liberty, Inc. – Series C GCI Group and its competitors top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
GCI Liberty, Inc. – Series C GCI Group	$1.05 billion	-$309.00 million	-2.22
GCI Liberty, Inc. – Series C GCI Group Competitors	$107.23 billion	$974.92 million	-175.63

GCI Liberty, Inc. – Series C GCI Group’s competitors have higher revenue and earnings than GCI Liberty, Inc. – Series C GCI Group. GCI Liberty, Inc. – Series C GCI Group is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

33.0% of shares of all “Diversified Telecommunication Services” companies are held by institutional investors. 19.6% of shares of all “Diversified Telecommunication Services” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares GCI Liberty, Inc. – Series C GCI Group and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
GCI Liberty, Inc. – Series C GCI Group	-32.53%	11.56%	5.78%
GCI Liberty, Inc. – Series C GCI Group Competitors	-28.84%	-114.91%	-1.85%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings for GCI Liberty, Inc. – Series C GCI Group and its competitors, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
GCI Liberty, Inc. – Series C GCI Group	1	1	0	0	1.50
GCI Liberty, Inc. – Series C GCI Group Competitors	1661	5098	7343	365	2.44

As a group, “Diversified Telecommunication Services” companies have a potential upside of 24.20%. Given GCI Liberty, Inc. – Series C GCI Group’s competitors stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe GCI Liberty, Inc. – Series C GCI Group has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Summary

GCI Liberty, Inc. – Series C GCI Group competitors beat GCI Liberty, Inc. – Series C GCI Group on 9 of the 12 factors compared.

About GCI Liberty, Inc. – Series C GCI Group

GCI Liberty Inc. consists of its wholly owned subsidiary GCI. The company is communications provider, providing data, voice and managed services to consumer and business customers throughout Alaska. GCI Liberty Inc. is based in ENGLEWOOD, Colo.