Critical Comparison: Liberty Media Corporation – Liberty Live Series A (NASDAQ:LLYVA) & Grupo Televisa (NYSE:TV)

Liberty Media Corporation – Liberty Live Series A (NASDAQ:LLYVA) and Grupo Televisa (NYSE:TV) are both utilities companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, institutional ownership, valuation and profitability.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

25.1% of Liberty Media Corporation – Liberty Live Series A shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 55.8% of Grupo Televisa shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of Liberty Media Corporation – Liberty Live Series A shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Volatility and Risk

Liberty Media Corporation – Liberty Live Series A has a beta of 0.95, meaning that its stock price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Grupo Televisa has a beta of 1.57, meaning that its stock price is 57% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current recommendations for Liberty Media Corporation – Liberty Live Series A and Grupo Televisa, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Liberty Media Corporation – Liberty Live Series A	2	0	0	0	1.00
Grupo Televisa	2	4	1	0	1.86

Grupo Televisa has a consensus target price of $5.27, indicating a potential upside of 93.27%. Given Grupo Televisa’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Grupo Televisa is more favorable than Liberty Media Corporation – Liberty Live Series A.

Profitability

This table compares Liberty Media Corporation – Liberty Live Series A and Grupo Televisa’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Liberty Media Corporation – Liberty Live Series A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Grupo Televisa	-13.93%	-7.65%	-3.55%

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Liberty Media Corporation – Liberty Live Series A and Grupo Televisa”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Liberty Media Corporation – Liberty Live Series A	$398.51 million	21.79	-$325.69 million	($3.54)	-26.66
Grupo Televisa	$3.07 billion	0.47	-$478.58 million	($0.81)	-3.36

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

Summary

Grupo Televisa beats Liberty Media Corporation – Liberty Live Series A on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Liberty Media Corporation – Liberty Live Series A

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 Grupo Televisa

Grupo Televisa, S.A.B., together with its subsidiaries, owns and operates cable companies and provides direct-to-home satellite pay television system in Mexico and the United States. It operates through three segments: Cable, Sky, and Other Businesses. The Cable segment operates cable multiple system that provides basic and premium television subscription, pay-per-view, installation, Internet subscription, and telephone and mobile services subscription, as well as local and national advertising services; and telecommunication facilities, which offers data and long-distance services solutions to carriers and other telecommunications service providers through its fiber-optic network. The Sky segment offers direct-to-home broadcast satellite pay television services comprising program, installation, and equipment rental services to subscribers in Mexico, Central America, and the Dominican Republic; and national advertising sales. The Other Businesses segment is involved in the sports and show business promotion, soccer, publishing and publishing distribution, and gaming, as well as provides transmission concessions and facilities. The company was founded in 1969 and is headquartered in Mexico City, Mexico.