CHTR vs SONY vs TV Stock Comparison

Charter Communications, Sony and Grupo Televisa, S.A.B Prices as of Oct 29, 2026 Peers: Industry group
SONY Sony Group Corp
$25.47 +9.0% 1M -9.6% 1Y
Market cap
$150.80B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$82.39B
Div. yield
–
Gaming Hardware Technology
6 wins
TV Grupo Televisa, S.A.B.
$2.14 -8.9% 1M -22.2% 1Y
Market cap
$129.78B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$3.23B
Div. yield
–
Broadband and Cable Communication Services
1 win

Head to Head

10 decided of 12

Sony leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Sony 6, Charter Communications 3, Grupo Televisa, S.A.B 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionCHTRSONYTVLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $13.24B $150.80B $129.78B SONY
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 2.7x -29.5x -263.1x –
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 2.5x 19.3x 11.9x CHTR
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months -1.5% +2.1% +5.5% TV
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 9.1% -6.2% -15.3% CHTR
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 8.4% 12.2% 2.9% SONY
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 4.4x -0.3x 64.6x SONY
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -54.9% -9.6% -22.2% SONY
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -30.6%/yr +1.9%/yr -26.7%/yr SONY
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 55.8% 29.2% 38.3% SONY
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 64/100 55/100 33/100 CHTR

Percentile Scorecard

CHTRSONYTV

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisCHTRSONYTV
Valuation 88 #7 of 49 80 #23 of 112 4 #47 of 49
Growth 41 #27 of 45 20 #87 of 108 21 #36 of 45
Profitability 80 #10 of 45 61 #41 of 104 34 #30 of 45
Financial Health 10 #44 of 49 49 #60 of 116 75 #13 of 49
Shareholder Returns 100 #1 of 37 68 #26 of 78 –
Overall 64 55 33
  • CHTR ranked among 51 companies in Telecommunications
  • SONY ranked among 121 companies in Computer Hardware
  • TV ranked among 51 companies in Telecommunications

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodCHTRSONYTVSPY
1 month -1.5%+9.0%-8.9% +0.7%
3 months -23.2%+11.8%-25.4% +3.7%
6 months -34.0%+26.8%-24.9% +7.1%
Year to date -47.8%-0.5%-26.5% +12.8%
1 year -54.9%-9.6%-22.2% +11.9%
3 years -72.0%+55.8%-1.8% +85.2%
3 years, per year -34.6%+15.9%-0.6% +22.8%
5 years -83.8%+10.0%-78.9% +67.6%
5 years, per year -30.6%+1.9%-26.7% +10.9%
10 years -56.3%+304.3%-91.3% +262.0%
10 years, per year -7.9%+15.0%-21.7% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureCHTRSONYTVSPY
Volatility, 1Y 55.8%29.2%38.3% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 65.3%27.3%40.0% 12.6%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.140.590.66 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.98-0.33-0.58 0.94
Max drawdown, 5Y -85.4%-50.9%-86.3% -25.4%
From 52-week high -56.1%-15.8%-37.8% -1.2%
52-week high $248.19$30.26$3.44 $779.14
52-week low $102.18$19.32$2.14 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleCHTRSONYTV
P/E now vs peer median 2.7xmedian 11.5x -29.8xmedian 32.9x -272.0xmedian 11.5x
P/S now vs peer median 0.2xmedian 1.1x 1.9xmedian 2.9x 41.3xmedian 1.1x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 5.0xmedian 6.8x 8.5xmedian 20.0x 3,804xmedian 6.8x
P/FCF now vs peer median 3.0xmedian 5.9x 14.5xmedian 30.2x —median 5.9x
P/B now vs peer median 0.6xmedian 1.3x 2.9xmedian 2.9x 20.8xmedian 1.3x
PEG now vs peer median 0.26median 0.25 0.74median 1.08 8.84median 0.25

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsCHTRSONYTV
Revenue $54.40B $82.39B $3.23B
Gross profit – $26.19B $1.78B
Operating income $12.66B $10.29B $307.39M
Net income $5.75B -$5.01B -$116.03M
Free cash flow $4.36B $10.78B –
EPS (diluted) $40.61 $-0.85 $-0.01
Cash & equivalents $509.00M $13.40B $1.70B
Total debt $93.96B $36.06B $14.34B
Shares (diluted) 121.26M 6.01B 68.12B
Enterprise value $11.27B $88.06B $121.51B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricCHTRSONYTV
P/E 2.7x -29.8x -272.0x
P/FCF 3.0x 14.5x –
P/Operating cash flow 0.8x 11.6x –
P/S 0.2x 1.9x 41.3x
P/B 0.6x 2.9x 20.8x
P/Tangible book -0.3x 3.1x 26.7x
EV/EBITDA 5.0x 8.5x 3,804x
EV/EBIT 8.4x 14.6x 440.7x
EV/Revenue 2.0x 1.8x 42.0x
EV/FCF 24.4x 14.0x –
EV/Operating cash flow 6.5x 11.1x –
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.26 0.74 8.84

Growth

14 metrics
MetricCHTRSONYTV
Revenue growth (1Y) -1.5% 2.1% 5.5%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) -0.1% -1.2% -11.8%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – 9.0% -37.1%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – -5.8% -18.9%
Operating income growth (1Y) -4.4% 12.4% 255.7%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 1.4% 6.1% 5.3%
Net income growth (1Y) -5.0% -168.9% 68.3%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 2.4% -40.0% -27.1%
EPS growth (1Y) 9.3% -167.4% -18.4%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 10.1% -40.2% -30.8%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 8.3% -18.9% –
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 5.1% 28.4% –
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 1.3% -11.4% –
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 7.0% 82.7% –

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricCHTRSONYTV
Gross margin – 31.8% 55.2%
EBITDA margin 39.4% 21.6% 1.1%
Operating margin 23.3% 12.5% 9.5%
Pretax margin 13.8% 12.2% 8.3%
Net margin 9.1% -6.2% -15.3%
FCF margin 8.0% 13.1% –
Operating cash flow margin 30.3% 16.4% –
Return on equity 26.8% -9.5% -1.9%
Return on assets 3.7% -5.1% -0.9%
Return on invested capital 8.4% 12.2% 2.9%
Return on capital employed 9.0% 15.1% 2.7%
Asset turnover 0.4x 0.8x 0.2x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 2.9x -2.7x –
Stock comp / revenue 1.2% – –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricCHTRSONYTV
Debt / assets 60.4% 7.5% 34.8%
Debt / equity 4.3x 0.1x 0.7x
Net debt / EBITDA 4.4x -0.3x 64.6x
Debt / FCF 21.6x 0.7x –
Liabilities / assets 85.9% 45.3% 52.7%
Equity / assets 14.1% 54.7% 47.3%
Interest coverage – 12.2x 0.7x
Current ratio 0.4x 1.2x 2.4x
Quick ratio 0.3x 0.4x 1.8x
Cash ratio 0.0x 0.4x 1.5x
Altman Z-score 0.58 3.84 12.35

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricCHTRSONYTV
Dividend yield – 0.3% –
Net buyback yield 36.5% 2.0% –
Shareholder yield 36.5% 2.3% 0.0%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – –
Payout ratio (FCF) – – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusCHTRSONYTV
Forward P/E 2.5xFY2026 19.3xFY2026 11.9xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $42.86FY2026 $1.32FY2026 $0.18FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +18.4%FY2026 +20.0%FY2026 –
EPS growth, the year after -4.7% +6.8% +38.9%
Revenue, next fiscal year $57.99BFY2026 $84.17BFY2026 $3.07BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +5.9%FY2026 +5.6%FY2026 -9.0%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after -13.7% +0.3% -4.0%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersCHTRSONYTV
Held by institutions 83.3% 7.9% 0.2%
Institutions holding 784 740 106
Change in shares held, QoQ +4.3% +2.1% -4.9%
Institutions buying 424 334 44
Institutions selling 241 268 33
Buyers to sellers 1.76 1.25 1.33

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

CHTRSONYTV
CHTR 1.00 0.16 0.14
SONY 0.16 1.00 0.26
TV 0.14 0.26 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, CHTR, SONY and TV?

Sony (SONY) is the largest by market capitalisation: Charter Communications (CHTR) $13.24B, Sony (SONY) $150.80B, Grupo Televisa, S.A.B (TV) $129.78B.

Which company is growing faster?

Grupo Televisa, S.A.B (TV) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Charter Communications (CHTR) -1.5%, Sony (SONY) +2.1%, Grupo Televisa, S.A.B (TV) +5.5%.

Which company is more profitable?

Charter Communications (CHTR) has the highest net margin (Charter Communications (CHTR) 9.1%, Sony (SONY) -6.2%, Grupo Televisa, S.A.B (TV) -15.3%). On return on invested capital, Sony (SONY) leads (Charter Communications (CHTR) 8.4%, Sony (SONY) 12.2%, Grupo Televisa, S.A.B (TV) 2.9%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Sony (SONY) returned the most: Charter Communications (CHTR) -54.9%, Sony (SONY) -9.6%, Grupo Televisa, S.A.B (TV) -22.2%. Over five years, Sony (SONY) compounded fastest (Charter Communications (CHTR) -30.6%/yr, Sony (SONY) +1.9%/yr, Grupo Televisa, S.A.B (TV) -26.7%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Sony (SONY) has been the steadiest (Charter Communications (CHTR) 55.8%, Sony (SONY) 29.2%, Grupo Televisa, S.A.B (TV) 38.3%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, CHTR, SONY and TV?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Sony (SONY) leads on 6. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.