Financial Survey: GCI Liberty, Inc. – Series C GCI Group (GLIBK) vs. 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 compare to its rivals? We will compare GCI Liberty, Inc. – Series C GCI Group to similar businesses based on the strength of its valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, profitability, risk and institutional ownership.

Institutional & Insider 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, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares GCI Liberty, Inc. – Series C GCI Group and its rivals’ 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%	-229.17%	-3.14%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and target prices for GCI Liberty, Inc. – Series C GCI Group and its rivals, as reported by MarketBeat.

	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	1680	5133	7363	367	2.44

As a group, “Diversified Telecommunication Services” companies have a potential upside of 21.41%. Given GCI Liberty, Inc. – Series C GCI Group’s rivals stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe GCI Liberty, Inc. – Series C GCI Group has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

Valuation and Earnings

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
GCI Liberty, Inc. – Series C GCI Group	$1.05 billion	-$309.00 million	-2.35
GCI Liberty, Inc. – Series C GCI Group Competitors	$1,837.49 billion	$976.35 million	-191.76

GCI Liberty, Inc. – Series C GCI Group’s rivals 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 rivals, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Risk & Volatility

GCI Liberty, Inc. – Series C GCI Group has a beta of -1.02, indicating that its stock price is 202% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, GCI Liberty, Inc. – Series C GCI Group’s rivals have a beta of -4.70, indicating that their average stock price is 570% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

GCI Liberty, Inc. – Series C GCI Group rivals beat GCI Liberty, Inc. – Series C GCI Group on 9 of the 13 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.