Reviewing Liberty Media Corporation – Liberty Live Series C (LLYVK) & The Competition

Liberty Media Corporation – Liberty Live Series C (NASDAQ:LLYVK) is one of 184 public companies in the “Entertainment” industry, but how does it contrast to its peers? We will compare Liberty Media Corporation – Liberty Live Series C to similar businesses based on the strength of its dividends, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings and institutional ownership.

Profitability

This table compares Liberty Media Corporation – Liberty Live Series C and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Liberty Media Corporation – Liberty Live Series C	N/A	N/A	N/A
Liberty Media Corporation – Liberty Live Series C Competitors	10.21%	-21.11%	-2.55%

Insider & Institutional Ownership

60.4% of Liberty Media Corporation – Liberty Live Series C shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 36.3% of shares of all “Entertainment” companies are held by institutional investors. 23.9% of shares of all “Entertainment” companies 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.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent recommendations for Liberty Media Corporation – Liberty Live Series C and its peers, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Liberty Media Corporation – Liberty Live Series C	1	1	0	0	1.50
Liberty Media Corporation – Liberty Live Series C Competitors	1868	4489	9600	254	2.51

As a group, “Entertainment” companies have a potential upside of 21.84%. Given Liberty Media Corporation – Liberty Live Series C’s peers stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Liberty Media Corporation – Liberty Live Series C has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Volatility & Risk

Liberty Media Corporation – Liberty Live Series C has a beta of 1, meaning that its stock price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.Comparatively, Liberty Media Corporation – Liberty Live Series C’s peers have a beta of 0.96, meaning that their average stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Liberty Media Corporation – Liberty Live Series C and its peers top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Liberty Media Corporation – Liberty Live Series C	$406.97 million	N/A	-22.83
Liberty Media Corporation – Liberty Live Series C Competitors	$10.36 billion	$73.91 million	14.10

Liberty Media Corporation – Liberty Live Series C’s peers have higher revenue and earnings than Liberty Media Corporation – Liberty Live Series C. Liberty Media Corporation – Liberty Live Series C is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Summary

Liberty Media Corporation – Liberty Live Series C peers beat Liberty Media Corporation – Liberty Live Series C on 8 of the 12 factors compared.

About Liberty Media Corporation – Liberty Live Series C

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.