COMCAST CORPORATION vs Charter Communications, Inc., two Cable stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where CCZ and CHTR diverge most: on revenue growth, CCZ reads +0.6% and CHTR reads -1.5%; on debt / equity, CCZ reads 0.07 and CHTR reads 4.34. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What CHTR'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 | CCZ | CHTR |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $59.99 | $144.90 |
| Market cap | $214.2B | $17.6B |
| Sector | Cable | Cable |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| P/E | 19.3 | 3.8 |
| P/B | 2.39 | 0.80 |
| P/S | 1.71 | 0.32 |
| EV/EBITDA | 6.2 | 8.8 |
| Revenue growth | +0.6% | -1.5% |
| Operating margin | 17.2% | 22.6% |
| Net margin | 9.0% | 9.1% |
| Return on equity | 12.5% | 22.5% |
| Return on assets | 4.3% | 3.2% |
| Return on invested capital | 14.2% | 8.3% |
| FCF yield | 9.6% | 24.8% |
| Dividend yield | 2.2% | — |
| Debt / equity | 0.07 | 4.34 |
| Current ratio | 0.80 | 0.36 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 6.85 | 6.32 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 7 / 9 | 7 / 9 |
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