CHTR vs WBD vs TV Stock Comparison

Charter Communications, Warner Bros. Discovery and Grupo Televisa, S.A.B Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
WBD Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc.
$30.98 +9.7% 1M +62.4% 1Y
Market cap
$77.70B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$36.12B
Div. yield
–
Television Broadcasting Communication Services
3 wins
TV Grupo Televisa, S.A.B.
$2.30 -2.5% 1M -3.8% 1Y
Market cap
$137.62B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$3.23B
Div. yield
–
Broadband and Cable Communication Services
2 wins

Head to Head

10 decided of 12

Charter Communications leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Charter Communications 5, Warner Bros. Discovery 3, Grupo Televisa, S.A.B 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionCHTRWBDTVLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $12.68B $77.70B $137.62B TV
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 2.6x -24.6x -279.0x –
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 2.4x — 12.8x CHTR
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months -1.5% -6.1% +5.5% TV
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 9.1% -8.8% -15.3% CHTR
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 8.4% -1.6% 2.9% CHTR
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 4.4x 7.5x 64.6x CHTR
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -58.2% +62.4% -3.8% WBD
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -32.2%/yr +3.2%/yr -26.5%/yr WBD
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 55.8% 26.7% 38.9% WBD
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 65/100 31/100 34/100 CHTR

Percentile Scorecard

CHTRWBDTV

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

AxisCHTRWBDTV
Valuation 92 #5 of 49 23 #42 of 54 6 #46 of 49
Growth 41 #27 of 45 25 #34 of 45 21 #36 of 45
Profitability 82 #9 of 45 36 #28 of 43 34 #30 of 45
Financial Health 10 #44 of 49 41 #37 of 62 75 #13 of 49
Shareholder Returns 100 #1 of 37 – –
Overall 65 31 34
  • CHTR ranked among 51 companies in Telecommunications
  • WBD ranked among 62 companies in Advertising and Media
  • TV ranked among 51 companies in Telecommunications

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodCHTRWBDTVSPY
1 month -9.5%+9.7%-2.5% -0.8%
3 months -22.4%+18.6%-18.4% +3.5%
6 months -41.5%+13.2%-21.2% +7.0%
Year to date -51.1%+7.5%-21.0% +12.2%
1 year -58.2%+62.4%-3.8% +13.0%
3 years -72.5%+201.4%-2.1% +86.3%
3 years, per year -35.0%+44.5%-0.7% +23.1%
5 years -85.7%+17.1%-78.5% +68.6%
5 years, per year -32.2%+3.2%-26.5% +11.0%
10 years -58.9%+11.3%-90.9% +258.0%
10 years, per year -8.5%+1.1%-21.4% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureCHTRWBDTVSPY
Volatility, 1Y 55.8%26.7%38.9% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 65.2%18.6%39.4% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.140.500.69 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -1.042.34-0.10 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -85.7%-78.5%-86.3% -25.4%
From 52-week high -58.9%0.0%-33.1% -1.8%
52-week high $248.88$30.98$3.44 $779.14
52-week low $102.18$17.10$2.21 $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.

MultipleCHTRWBDTV
P/E now vs peer median 2.5xmedian 11.8x -24.6xmedian 18.4x -292.4xmedian 11.8x
P/S now vs peer median 0.2xmedian 1.1x 2.2xmedian 0.6x 44.3xmedian 1.1x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 4.9xmedian 6.8x 28.0xmedian 11.0x 4,083xmedian 6.8x
P/FCF now vs peer median 2.8xmedian 5.7x 35.6xmedian 9.1x —median 5.7x
P/B now vs peer median 0.6xmedian 1.3x 2.3xmedian 1.6x 22.4xmedian 1.3x
PEG now vs peer median 0.25median 0.24 -1.04median 0.44 9.50median 0.24

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 monthsCHTRWBDTV
Revenue $54.40B $36.12B $3.23B
Gross profit – $17.06B $1.78B
Operating income $12.66B -$1.27B $307.39M
Net income $5.75B -$3.15B -$116.03M
Free cash flow $4.36B $2.18B –
EPS (diluted) $40.61 $-1.23 $-0.01
Cash & equivalents $509.00M $3.37B $1.70B
Total debt $93.96B $32.02B $14.34B
Shares (diluted) 121.26M 2.58B 68.12B
Enterprise value $10.71B $63.36B $129.35B

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
MetricCHTRWBDTV
P/E 2.5x -24.6x -292.4x
P/FCF 2.8x 35.6x –
P/Operating cash flow 0.7x 22.7x –
P/S 0.2x 2.2x 44.3x
P/B 0.6x 2.3x 22.4x
P/Tangible book -0.3x 9.6x 28.7x
EV/EBITDA 4.9x 28.0x 4,083x
EV/EBIT 8.3x -83.6x 473.1x
EV/Revenue 1.9x 2.9x 45.1x
EV/FCF 24.2x 48.8x –
EV/Operating cash flow 6.4x 31.1x –
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.25 -1.04 9.50

Growth

14 metrics
MetricCHTRWBDTV
Revenue growth (1Y) -1.5% -6.1% 5.5%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) -0.1% -4.8% -11.8%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – 2.6% -37.1%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – 2.2% -18.9%
Operating income growth (1Y) -4.4% -675.6% 255.7%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 1.4% 38.8% 5.3%
Net income growth (1Y) -5.0% -595.1% 68.3%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 2.4% 22.3% -27.1%
EPS growth (1Y) 9.3% -500.2% -18.4%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 10.1% 23.6% -30.8%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 8.3% -32.9% –
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 5.1% -7.7% –
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 1.3% -46.4% –
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 7.0% -10.9% –

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricCHTRWBDTV
Gross margin – 47.2% 55.2%
EBITDA margin 39.4% 10.5% 1.1%
Operating margin 23.3% -3.5% 9.5%
Pretax margin 13.8% -10.4% 8.3%
Net margin 9.1% -8.8% -15.3%
FCF margin 8.0% 6.0% –
Operating cash flow margin 30.3% 9.5% –
Return on equity 26.8% -9.3% -1.9%
Return on assets 3.7% -3.2% -0.9%
Return on invested capital 8.4% -1.6% 2.9%
Return on capital employed 9.0% -1.6% 2.7%
Asset turnover 0.4x 0.4x 0.2x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 2.9x -1.1x –
Stock comp / revenue 1.2% 2.3% –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricCHTRWBDTV
Debt / assets 60.4% 32.9% 34.8%
Debt / equity 4.3x 0.9x 0.7x
Net debt / EBITDA 4.4x 7.5x 64.6x
Debt / FCF 21.6x 14.7x –
Liabilities / assets 85.9% 65.0% 52.7%
Equity / assets 14.1% 35.0% 47.3%
Interest coverage – -0.6x 0.7x
Current ratio 0.4x 0.8x 2.4x
Quick ratio 0.3x 0.5x 1.8x
Cash ratio 0.0x 0.2x 1.5x
Altman Z-score 0.58 0.82 13.19

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricCHTRWBDTV
Dividend yield – – –
Net buyback yield 38.9% – –
Shareholder yield 38.9% 0.0% 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.

ConsensusCHTRWBDTV
Forward P/E 2.4xFY2026 – 12.8xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $42.86FY2026 $-1.08FY2026 $0.18FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +18.4%FY2026 -472.4%FY2026 –
EPS growth, the year after -4.7% – +38.9%
Revenue, next fiscal year $57.99BFY2026 $34.48BFY2026 $3.07BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +5.9%FY2026 -7.6%FY2026 -9.0%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after -13.7% +11.6% -4.0%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersCHTRWBDTV
Held by institutions 83.8% 77.8% 0.2%
Institutions holding 783 1,319 106
Change in shares held, QoQ +4.3% +10.9% -4.9%
Institutions buying 423 628 44
Institutions selling 241 436 33
Buyers to sellers 1.76 1.44 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.

CHTRWBDTV
CHTR 1.00 0.04 0.16
WBD 0.04 1.00 0.13
TV 0.16 0.13 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, CHTR, WBD and TV?

Grupo Televisa, S.A.B (TV) is the largest by market capitalisation: Charter Communications (CHTR) $12.68B, Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) $77.70B, Grupo Televisa, S.A.B (TV) $137.62B.

Which company is growing faster?

Grupo Televisa, S.A.B (TV) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Charter Communications (CHTR) -1.5%, Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) -6.1%, 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%, Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) -8.8%, Grupo Televisa, S.A.B (TV) -15.3%). On return on invested capital, Charter Communications (CHTR) leads (Charter Communications (CHTR) 8.4%, Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) -1.6%, Grupo Televisa, S.A.B (TV) 2.9%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) returned the most: Charter Communications (CHTR) -58.2%, Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) +62.4%, Grupo Televisa, S.A.B (TV) -3.8%. Over five years, Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) compounded fastest (Charter Communications (CHTR) -32.2%/yr, Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) +3.2%/yr, Grupo Televisa, S.A.B (TV) -26.5%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) has been the steadiest (Charter Communications (CHTR) 55.8%, Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) 26.7%, Grupo Televisa, S.A.B (TV) 38.9%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, CHTR, WBD 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, Charter Communications (CHTR) leads on 5. 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.