ADEIA INC. vs COMCAST CORPORATION, two Cable stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where ADEA and CCZ diverge most: on revenue growth, ADEA reads +21.6% and CCZ reads +0.6%; on current ratio, ADEA reads 3.25 and CCZ reads 0.80. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What ADEA's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | ADEA | CCZ |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $23.91 | $59.99 |
| Market cap | $2.6B | $214.2B |
| Sector | Cable | Cable |
| Stage | Growth | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +7.0% | — |
| P/E | 21.9 | 19.3 |
| P/B | 5.53 | 2.39 |
| P/S | 5.60 | 1.71 |
| EV/EBITDA | 11.5 | 8.7 |
| Revenue growth | +21.6% | +0.6% |
| Operating margin | 26.4% | 17.2% |
| Net margin | 26.1% | 9.0% |
| Return on equity | 25.7% | 12.5% |
| Return on assets | 12.1% | 4.3% |
| Return on invested capital | 20.8% | 7.5% |
| FCF yield | 7.2% | 9.6% |
| Dividend yield | 0.8% | 2.2% |
| Debt / equity | 0.81 | 1.01 |
| Current ratio | 3.25 | 0.80 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 3.91 | 6.85 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 7 / 9 | 7 / 9 |
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