Reviewing GCI Liberty, Inc. – Series C GCI Group (GLIBK) and Its Peers

GCI Liberty, Inc. – Series C GCI Group (NASDAQ:GLIBK) is one of 202 publicly-traded companies in the “Diversified Telecommunication Services” industry, but how does it contrast to its competitors? We will compare GCI Liberty, Inc. – Series C GCI Group to related companies based on the strength of its earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability and risk.

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	-12.22%	-229.18%	-3.14%

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares GCI Liberty, Inc. – Series C GCI Group and its competitors revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
GCI Liberty, Inc. – Series C GCI Group	$942.00 million	-$309.00 million	-2.32
GCI Liberty, Inc. – Series C GCI Group Competitors	$107.22 billion	$976.35 million	-189.69

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.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent recommendations for GCI Liberty, Inc. – Series C GCI Group and its competitors, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
GCI Liberty, Inc. – Series C GCI Group	2	0	0	0	1.00
GCI Liberty, Inc. – Series C GCI Group Competitors	1678	5128	7357	367	2.44

As a group, “Diversified Telecommunication Services” companies have a potential upside of 21.08%. Given GCI Liberty, Inc. – Series C GCI Group’s competitors stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe GCI Liberty, Inc. – Series C GCI Group has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

32.7% of shares of all “Diversified Telecommunication Services” companies are owned by institutional investors. 18.7% of shares of all “Diversified Telecommunication Services” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

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

GCI Liberty, Inc. – Series C GCI Group Company Profile

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.