Comparing GCI Liberty, Inc. – Series C GCI Group (GLIBK) & The Competition

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

Insider and 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 large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares GCI Liberty, Inc. – Series C GCI Group and its peers’ 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%

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current recommendations for GCI Liberty, Inc. – Series C GCI Group and its peers, 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	1679	5129	7360	367	2.44

As a group, “Diversified Telecommunication Services” companies have a potential upside of 21.47%. Given GCI Liberty, Inc. – Series C GCI Group’s peers stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe GCI Liberty, Inc. – Series C GCI Group has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares GCI Liberty, Inc. – Series C GCI Group and its peers top-line 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	-2.31
GCI Liberty, Inc. – Series C GCI Group Competitors	$12.35 billion	$976.35 million	-191.54

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

Summary

GCI Liberty, Inc. – Series C GCI Group peers 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.