GCI Liberty, Inc. – Series A GCI Group (NASDAQ:GLIBA) and Telenet Group (OTCMKTS:TLGHF) Critical Analysis

Telenet Group (OTCMKTS:TLGHF) and GCI Liberty, Inc. – Series A GCI Group (NASDAQ:GLIBA) are both communication services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and valuation.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and price targets for Telenet Group and GCI Liberty, Inc. – Series A GCI Group, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Telenet Group	0	0	0	0	0.00
GCI Liberty, Inc. – Series A GCI Group	1	0	0	0	1.00

Profitability

This table compares Telenet Group and GCI Liberty, Inc. – Series A GCI Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Telenet Group	N/A	N/A	N/A
GCI Liberty, Inc. – Series A GCI Group	-32.53%	11.56%	5.78%

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Telenet Group and GCI Liberty, Inc. – Series A GCI Group”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Telenet Group	N/A	N/A	N/A	$0.29	49.94
GCI Liberty, Inc. – Series A GCI Group	$1.05 billion	0.73	-$309.00 million	($11.25)	-2.35

Telenet Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than GCI Liberty, Inc. – Series A GCI Group. GCI Liberty, Inc. – Series A GCI Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Telenet Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

16.7% of Telenet Group shares are held by institutional investors. 7.9% of GCI Liberty, Inc. – Series A GCI Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

GCI Liberty, Inc. – Series A GCI Group beats Telenet Group on 5 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Telenet Group

Telenet Group Holding NV provides video services to residential and business customers in Belgium and Luxembourg. The company offers high definition, pay television, and video-on-demand services; broadband Internet services, fixed-line, and mobile telephony services; voice, data, and Internet product and services; interconnection services; and value-added services, such as cloud, hosting, and security solutions. It also sells mobile handsets and set-top boxes; and provides advertising and production services, as well as product activation and installation services. The company serves small and medium enterprises, larger corporations, public, healthcare and educational institutions, and carrier customers that include international voice, data, and internet service providers. Telenet Group Holding NV was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in Mechelen, Belgium. Telenet Group Holding NV is a subsidiary of Liberty Global plc.

About GCI Liberty, Inc. – Series A GCI Group

GCI Liberty, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides various communication services in the United States. The company offers data, wireless, video, voice, and managed services to residential customers, businesses, governmental entities, and educational and medical institutions primarily in Alaska under the GCI brand. It also operates a digital invitation platform that provides custom display advertising, native advertising content, custom video, and brand partnership services. The company is based in Englewood, Colorado.