Analyzing Liberty Media Corporation – Liberty Live Series C (LLYVK) & Its Rivals

Liberty Media Corporation – Liberty Live Series C (NASDAQ:LLYVK) is one of 184 public companies in the “Entertainment” industry, but how does it compare to its peers? We will compare Liberty Media Corporation – Liberty Live Series C to similar companies based on the strength of its earnings, profitability, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and valuation.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

60.4% of Liberty Media Corporation – Liberty Live Series C shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 36.1% of shares of all “Entertainment” companies are owned by institutional investors. 23.6% of shares of all “Entertainment” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Liberty Media Corporation – Liberty Live Series C and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Liberty Media Corporation – Liberty Live Series C	N/A	N/A	N/A
Liberty Media Corporation – Liberty Live Series C Competitors	11.01%	-22.78%	-2.44%

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Liberty Media Corporation – Liberty Live Series C and its peers gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Liberty Media Corporation – Liberty Live Series C	N/A	N/A	-23.37
Liberty Media Corporation – Liberty Live Series C Competitors	$4.09 billion	$73.91 million	14.54

Liberty Media Corporation – Liberty Live Series C’s peers have higher revenue and earnings than Liberty Media Corporation – Liberty Live Series C. Liberty Media Corporation – Liberty Live Series C is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Risk & Volatility

Liberty Media Corporation – Liberty Live Series C has a beta of 0.97, indicating that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Liberty Media Corporation – Liberty Live Series C’s peers have a beta of 1.01, indicating that their average stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations for Liberty Media Corporation – Liberty Live Series C and its peers, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Liberty Media Corporation – Liberty Live Series C	1	1	0	0	1.50
Liberty Media Corporation – Liberty Live Series C Competitors	1876	4504	9609	255	2.51

As a group, “Entertainment” companies have a potential upside of 20.48%. Given Liberty Media Corporation – Liberty Live Series C’s peers stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Liberty Media Corporation – Liberty Live Series C has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Summary

Liberty Media Corporation – Liberty Live Series C peers beat Liberty Media Corporation – Liberty Live Series C on 8 of the 11 factors compared.

About Liberty Media Corporation – Liberty Live Series C

Liberty Live Group operates in the media, communications, and entertainment industries primarily in North America and the United Kingdom. The company is headquartered in Englewood, Colorado.