GCI Liberty, Inc. – Series C GCI Group (GLIBK) and Its Peers Critical Review

GCI Liberty, Inc. – Series C GCI Group (NASDAQ:GLIBK) is one of 204 publicly-traded companies in the “Diversified Telecommunication Services” industry, but how does it compare to its peers? We will compare GCI Liberty, Inc. – Series C GCI Group to related businesses based on the strength of its dividends, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership and valuation.

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	-28.97%	-113.29%	-1.83%

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets 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	1	1	0	0	1.50
GCI Liberty, Inc. – Series C GCI Group Competitors	1683	5143	7377	369	2.44

As a group, “Diversified Telecommunication Services” companies have a potential upside of 24.39%. Given GCI Liberty, Inc. – Series C GCI Group’s peers stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe GCI Liberty, Inc. – Series C GCI Group has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares GCI Liberty, Inc. – Series C GCI Group and its peers top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
GCI Liberty, Inc. – Series C GCI Group	$1.05 billion	-$309.00 million	-2.13
GCI Liberty, Inc. – Series C GCI Group Competitors	$1,826.33 billion	$964.58 million	-176.20

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.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

32.7% of shares of all “Diversified Telecommunication Services” companies are owned by institutional investors. 18.7% of shares of all “Diversified Telecommunication Services” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

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.