CMCSA vs FWONA vs VSNT Stock Comparison

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CMCSA Comcast Corp
$24.95 +15.7% 1M -10.7% 1Y
Market cap
$88.32B
P/E
7.8x
Revenue (TTM)
$123.01B
Div. yield
5.29%
Broadband and Cable Communication Services
4 wins
FWONA Liberty Media Corp
$99.72 +13.7% 1M +8.3% 1Y
Market cap
$22.38B
P/E
44.9x
Revenue (TTM)
$4.48B
Div. yield
–
Live Entertainment Communication Services
5 wins
VSNT Versant Media Group, Inc.
$34.00 +8.0% 1M
Market cap
$4.65B
P/E
6.5x
Revenue (TTM)
$6.54B
Div. yield
3.35%
Television Broadcasting Communication Services
3 wins

Head to Head

12 decided of 12

Liberty Media leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Liberty Media 5, Comcast 4, Versant Media 3). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionCMCSAFWONAVSNTLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $88.32B $22.38B $4.65B CMCSA
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 7.8x 44.9x 6.5x VSNT
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 7.3x 53.9x 7.9x CMCSA
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months -0.2% +10.9% — FWONA
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 9.2% 12.5% 11.1% FWONA
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 7.8% 3.0% 7.4% CMCSA
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 2.4x 3.0x 0.9x VSNT
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 5.29% — 3.35% CMCSA
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -10.7% +8.3% — FWONA
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -14.3%/yr +13.3%/yr — FWONA
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 34.5% 26.4% 41.2% FWONA
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 60/100 65/100 90/100 VSNT

Percentile Scorecard

CMCSAFWONAVSNT

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

AxisCMCSAFWONAVSNT
Valuation 92 #5 of 49 42 #8 of 13 98 #2 of 53
Growth 13 #41 of 47 80 #3 of 11 –
Profitability 64 #17 of 46 70 #4 of 11 95 #3 of 43
Financial Health 60 #20 of 49 67 #5 of 13 80 #13 of 61
Shareholder Returns 71 #11 of 36 – 86 #5 of 29
Overall 60 65 90
  • CMCSA ranked among 51 companies in Telecommunications
  • FWONA ranked among 13 companies in Live Venues
  • VSNT ranked among 62 companies in Advertising and Media

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodCMCSAFWONAVSNTSPY
1 month +15.7%+13.7%+8.0% -5.9%
3 months -0.9%+9.3%-11.0% -4.6%
6 months -4.9%+16.3%-16.6% +0.2%
Year to date -16.5%+11.6%-24.4% +7.5%
1 year -10.7%+8.3%— +8.2%
3 years -41.2%+73.7%— +68.3%
3 years, per year -16.3%+20.2%— +19.0%
5 years -53.7%+86.7%— +56.5%
5 years, per year -14.3%+13.3%— +9.4%
10 years -17.7%+266.2%— +251.5%
10 years, per year -1.9%+13.9%— +13.4%

Risk

MeasureCMCSAFWONAVSNTSPY
Volatility, 1Y 34.5%26.4%41.2% 13.6%
Downside volatility, 1Y 39.4%22.6%46.5% 14.2%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y -0.030.080.36 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.310.31— 0.60
Max drawdown, 5Y -61.9%-25.7%-42.2% -25.4%
From 52-week high -23.2%0.0%-28.3% -5.9%
52-week high $32.48$99.72$47.45 $779.14
52-week low $20.66$74.51$27.42 $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.

MultipleCMCSAFWONAVSNT
P/E now vs peer median 7.8xmedian 11.9x 44.9xmedian 41.0x 6.5xmedian 14.0x
P/S now vs peer median 0.7xmedian 1.1x 5.0xmedian 1.3x 0.7xmedian 0.5x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 5.0xmedian 6.6x 24.4xmedian 16.5x 3.0xmedian 9.6x
P/FCF now vs peer median 4.5xmedian 4.7x 22.9xmedian 18.5x 2.8xmedian 8.0x
P/B now vs peer median 1.0xmedian 1.5x 2.8xmedian 2.8x 0.6xmedian 1.6x
PEG now vs peer median -1.70median 0.27 5.08median 0.48 —median 0.40

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 monthsCMCSAFWONAVSNT
Revenue $123.01B $4.48B $6.54B
Gross profit – $1.62B $3.66B
Operating income $18.10B $595.00M $1.12B
Net income $11.32B $556.00M $726.00M
Free cash flow $19.67B $978.00M $1.64B
EPS (diluted) $3.18 $2.11 $5.23
Cash & equivalents $7.60B $1.76B $1.05B
Total debt $87.40B $5.53B $2.93B
Shares (diluted) 3.56B 264.00M 138.54M
Enterprise value $54.28B $16.86B $978.28M

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
MetricCMCSAFWONAVSNT
P/E 7.8x 44.9x 6.5x
P/FCF 4.5x 22.9x 2.8x
P/Operating cash flow 2.8x 19.5x 2.6x
P/S 0.7x 5.0x 0.7x
P/B 1.0x 2.8x 0.6x
P/Tangible book 2.7x 7.2x 0.6x
EV/EBITDA 5.0x 24.4x 3.0x
EV/EBIT 9.3x 43.0x 5.8x
EV/Revenue 1.4x 5.7x 1.0x
EV/FCF 8.5x 26.1x 4.0x
EV/Operating cash flow 5.3x 22.3x 3.6x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) -1.70 5.08 –

Growth

14 metrics
MetricCMCSAFWONAVSNT
Revenue growth (1Y) -0.2% 10.9% –
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 0.6% 48.2% –
Gross profit growth (1Y) – 548.6% –
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – 29.4% –
Operating income growth (1Y) -18.4% 51.0% –
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -8.1% 35.3% –
Net income growth (1Y) -49.9% 511.9% –
Net income CAGR (3Y) -9.3% -26.9% –
EPS growth (1Y) -48.2% 662.6% –
EPS CAGR (3Y) -4.6% 8.8% –
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -3.5% 42.7% –
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 3.7% 58.4% –
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -6.2% 35.1% –
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 7.2% 51.0% –

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricCMCSAFWONAVSNT
Gross margin – 36.0% 56.0%
EBITDA margin 27.3% 23.4% 32.9%
Operating margin 14.7% 13.3% 17.1%
Pretax margin 11.3% 11.9% 15.0%
Net margin 9.2% 12.5% 11.1%
FCF margin 16.0% 21.8% 25.1%
Operating cash flow margin 25.8% 25.6% 27.4%
Return on equity 11.9% 7.2% 8.9%
Return on assets 4.2% 3.4% 5.7%
Return on invested capital 7.8% 3.0% 7.4%
Return on capital employed 8.0% 4.3% 9.7%
Asset turnover 0.5x 0.3x 0.5x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 2.8x 2.1x 2.5x
Stock comp / revenue 1.1% 0.5% 0.9%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricCMCSAFWONAVSNT
Debt / assets 33.9% 33.0% 23.1%
Debt / equity 0.9x 0.7x 0.4x
Net debt / EBITDA 2.4x 3.0x 0.9x
Debt / FCF 4.4x 5.7x 1.8x
Liabilities / assets 64.1% 53.0% 35.6%
Equity / assets 35.9% 47.0% 64.4%
Interest coverage 4.3x 2.1x 6.6x
Current ratio 0.8x 1.3x 2.1x
Quick ratio 0.7x 1.1x 1.9x
Cash ratio 0.2x 1.0x 0.9x
Altman Z-score 1.34 2.62 1.59

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricCMCSAFWONAVSNT
Dividend yield 5.3% – 3.4%
Net buyback yield 4.6% – 6.5%
Shareholder yield 9.9% – 9.8%
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.

ConsensusCMCSAFWONAVSNT
Forward P/E 7.3xFY2026 53.9xFY2026 7.9xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $3.40FY2026 $1.85FY2026 $4.31FY2026
EPS growth, next FY -21.1%FY2026 -16.3%FY2026 -24.3%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +10.0% +14.1% +81.9%
Revenue, next fiscal year $114.70BFY2026 $4.97BFY2026 $6.67BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY -7.3%FY2026 +10.9%FY2026 -0.3%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +3.9% -0.7% -3.4%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersCMCSAFWONAVSNT
Held by institutions 88.0% 9.3% 88.0%
Institutions holding 1,888 302 795
Change in shares held, QoQ +2.7% +10.2% +4.0%
Institutions buying 832 154 302
Institutions selling 861 77 313
Buyers to sellers 0.97 2.00 0.96

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.

CMCSAFWONAVSNT
CMCSA 1.00 0.16 0.36
FWONA 0.16 1.00 0.21
VSNT 0.36 0.21 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, CMCSA, FWONA and VSNT?

Comcast (CMCSA) is the largest by market capitalisation: Comcast (CMCSA) $88.32B, Liberty Media (FWONA) $22.38B, Versant Media (VSNT) $4.65B.

Which stock is cheaper, CMCSA, FWONA and VSNT?

Versant Media (VSNT) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Comcast (CMCSA) 7.8x, Liberty Media (FWONA) 44.9x, Versant Media (VSNT) 6.5x). On next year's consensus earnings, Comcast (CMCSA) is cheapest (Comcast (CMCSA) 7.3x, Liberty Media (FWONA) 53.9x, Versant Media (VSNT) 7.9x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Liberty Media (FWONA) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Comcast (CMCSA) -0.2%, Liberty Media (FWONA) +10.9%.

Which company is more profitable?

Liberty Media (FWONA) has the highest net margin (Comcast (CMCSA) 9.2%, Liberty Media (FWONA) 12.5%, Versant Media (VSNT) 11.1%). On return on invested capital, Comcast (CMCSA) leads (Comcast (CMCSA) 7.8%, Liberty Media (FWONA) 3.0%, Versant Media (VSNT) 7.4%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Liberty Media (FWONA) returned the most: Comcast (CMCSA) -10.7%, Liberty Media (FWONA) +8.3%. Over five years, Liberty Media (FWONA) compounded fastest (Comcast (CMCSA) -14.3%/yr, Liberty Media (FWONA) +13.3%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Comcast (CMCSA) has the highest dividend yield: Comcast (CMCSA) 5.29%, Versant Media (VSNT) 3.35%. Liberty Media (FWONA) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Liberty Media (FWONA) has been the steadiest (Comcast (CMCSA) 34.5%, Liberty Media (FWONA) 26.4%, Versant Media (VSNT) 41.2%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, CMCSA, FWONA and VSNT?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Liberty Media (FWONA) 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.