Liberty Media Corporation – Liberty Live Series C (NASDAQ:LLYVK) and Lionsgate Studios (NYSE:LION) Financial Contrast

Liberty Media Corporation – Liberty Live Series C (NASDAQ:LLYVK) and Lionsgate Studios (NYSE:LION) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, valuation, analyst recommendations and dividends.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

60.4% of Liberty Media Corporation – Liberty Live Series C shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.4% of Lionsgate Studios shares are owned by company 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.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and recommmendations for Liberty Media Corporation – Liberty Live Series C and Lionsgate Studios, as reported 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
Lionsgate Studios	1	5	7	2	2.67

Lionsgate Studios has a consensus target price of $8.75, indicating a potential upside of 36.29%. Given Lionsgate Studios’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Lionsgate Studios is more favorable than Liberty Media Corporation – Liberty Live Series C.

Profitability

This table compares Liberty Media Corporation – Liberty Live Series C and Lionsgate Studios’ 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
Lionsgate Studios	-6.19%	N/A	-1.86%

Volatility & Risk

Liberty Media Corporation – Liberty Live Series C has a beta of 1.37, suggesting that its share price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lionsgate Studios has a beta of -0.09, suggesting that its share price is 109% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Liberty Media Corporation – Liberty Live Series C and Lionsgate Studios”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Liberty Media Corporation – Liberty Live Series C	N/A	N/A	N/A	($3.12)	-29.62
Lionsgate Studios	$3.23 billion	0.57	-$125.30 million	($0.67)	-9.58

Liberty Media Corporation – Liberty Live Series C has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Lionsgate Studios. Liberty Media Corporation – Liberty Live Series C is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Lionsgate Studios, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Summary

Lionsgate Studios beats Liberty Media Corporation – Liberty Live Series C on 8 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

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.

About Lionsgate Studios

Lionsgate Studios Corp. engages in the provision of motion picture and studio operations that bring a varied portfolio of entertainment to consumers. The company is headquartered in Santa Monica, CA.