CMCSA vs LILA vs SSP Stock Comparison

Comcast, Liberty Latin America and E.W. Scripps Prices as of Oct 28, 2026 Peers: Industry group
CMCSA Comcast Corp
$21.57 -1.0% 1M -26.3% 1Y
Market cap
$78.92B
P/E
7.0x
Revenue (TTM)
$123.01B
Div. yield
–
Broadband and Cable Communication Services
5 wins
LILA Liberty Latin America Ltd.
$8.10 -4.6% 1M +49.2% 1Y
Market cap
$1.68B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$4.46B
Div. yield
–
Broadband and Cable Communication Services
3 wins
SSP E.W. SCRIPPS Co
$2.41 -10.4% 1M +29.6% 1Y
Market cap
$233.45M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$2.09B
Div. yield
–
Television Broadcasting Communication Services
1 win

Head to Head

9 decided of 12

Comcast leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Comcast 5, Liberty Latin America 3, E.W. Scripps 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionCMCSALILASSPLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $78.92B $1.68B $233.45M CMCSA
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 7.0x -17.1x -0.2x –
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 6.3x — — –
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months -0.2% +1.3% -14.2% LILA
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 9.2% -2.2% -61.1% CMCSA
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 7.8% 0.0% -31.0% CMCSA
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 2.4x 4.9x -2.7x SSP
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -26.3% +49.2% +29.6% LILA
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -16.0%/yr -0.2%/yr -29.7%/yr LILA
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 34.3% 44.3% 88.2% CMCSA
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 66/100 51/100 20/100 CMCSA

Percentile Scorecard

CMCSALILASSP

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

AxisCMCSALILASSP
Valuation 94 #4 of 49 75 #13 of 49 48 #28 of 53
Growth 23 #35 of 45 64 #17 of 45 2 #43 of 44
Profitability 68 #15 of 45 48 #24 of 45 15 #36 of 42
Financial Health 60 #20 of 49 17 #41 of 49 13 #53 of 61
Shareholder Returns 86 #6 of 37 53 #18 of 37 –
Overall 66 51 20
  • CMCSA ranked among 51 companies in Telecommunications
  • LILA ranked among 51 companies in Telecommunications
  • SSP ranked among 61 companies in Advertising and Media

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodCMCSALILASSPSPY
1 month -1.0%-4.6%-10.4% +0.9%
3 months -12.4%-4.9%-18.3% +5.9%
6 months -19.4%+50.6%-46.0% +8.5%
Year to date -27.8%+61.4%-39.6% +13.3%
1 year -26.3%+49.2%+29.6% +12.4%
3 years -45.6%+78.4%-38.5% +88.1%
3 years, per year -18.4%+21.3%-15.0% +23.5%
5 years -58.1%-0.9%-82.8% +68.2%
5 years, per year -16.0%-0.2%-29.7% +11.0%
10 years -30.3%-53.4%-75.9% +263.4%
10 years, per year -3.5%-7.4%-13.3% +13.8%

Risk

MeasureCMCSALILASSPSPY
Volatility, 1Y 34.3%44.3%88.2% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 40.0%43.0%73.2% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.020.160.94 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.771.110.34 0.98
Max drawdown, 5Y -61.9%-67.0%-94.0% -25.4%
From 52-week high -33.6%-9.1%-53.3% -0.9%
52-week high $32.48$8.91$5.16 $779.14
52-week low $20.66$4.65$1.54 $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.

MultipleCMCSALILASSP
P/E now vs peer median 6.8xmedian 11.6x -16.6xmedian 11.6x -0.2xmedian 18.7x
P/S now vs peer median 0.6xmedian 1.1x 0.4xmedian 1.1x 0.1xmedian 0.6x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 4.7xmedian 6.8x 6.0xmedian 6.8x -2.9xmedian 10.6x
P/FCF now vs peer median 3.9xmedian 6.3x 3.9xmedian 6.3x 5.6xmedian 8.9x
P/B now vs peer median 0.8xmedian 1.2x 1.6xmedian 1.2x 1.9xmedian 1.6x
PEG now vs peer median -1.47median 0.24 0.44median 0.24 0.01median 0.49

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 monthsCMCSALILASSP
Revenue $123.01B $4.46B $2.09B
Gross profit – $3.48B $844.84M
Operating income $18.10B $639.50M -$1.05B
Net income $11.32B -$85.60M -$1.21B
Free cash flow $19.67B $415.00M $35.03M
EPS (diluted) $3.18 $-0.49 $-13.90
Cash & equivalents $7.60B $714.10M $13.05M
Total debt $87.40B $8.45B $2.49B
Shares (diluted) 3.56B 201.10M 92.09M
Enterprise value $44.71B -$1.10B $54.09M

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
MetricCMCSALILASSP
P/E 6.8x -16.6x -0.2x
P/FCF 3.9x 3.9x 5.6x
P/Operating cash flow 2.4x 1.8x 2.3x
P/S 0.6x 0.4x 0.1x
P/B 0.8x 1.6x 1.9x
P/Tangible book 2.3x -5.0x -0.2x
EV/EBITDA 4.7x 6.0x -2.9x
EV/EBIT 8.6x 14.6x -2.5x
EV/Revenue 1.3x 2.1x 1.3x
EV/FCF 7.9x 22.6x 76.4x
EV/Operating cash flow 4.9x 10.4x 31.8x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) -1.47 0.44 0.01

Growth

14 metrics
MetricCMCSALILASSP
Revenue growth (1Y) -0.2% 1.3% -14.2%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 0.6% -1.1% -4.5%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – 1.5% -26.1%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – -0.3% –
Operating income growth (1Y) -18.4% 231.8% -352.2%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -8.1% 8.5% -46.2%
Net income growth (1Y) -49.9% 92.9% -1,271%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -9.3% -35.2% -29.7%
EPS growth (1Y) -48.2% 91.9% -2,953%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -4.6% -37.6% -24.5%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -3.5% 21.2% -70.0%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 3.7% 3.6% -28.5%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -6.2% 92.4% -85.6%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 7.2% 28.5% -42.6%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricCMCSALILASSP
Gross margin – 78.1% 40.4%
EBITDA margin 27.3% 35.3% -43.3%
Operating margin 14.7% 14.3% -50.3%
Pretax margin 11.3% 1.6% -61.7%
Net margin 9.2% -2.2% -61.1%
FCF margin 16.0% 9.3% 1.7%
Operating cash flow margin 25.8% 20.2% 4.0%
Return on equity 11.9% -3.9% -180.4%
Return on assets 4.2% -0.3% -28.4%
Return on invested capital 7.8% 0.0% -31.0%
Return on capital employed 8.0% 6.2% -27.4%
Asset turnover 0.5x 0.4x 0.5x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 2.8x -10.5x -0.1x
Stock comp / revenue 1.1% 1.1% 0.9%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricCMCSALILASSP
Debt / assets 33.9% 69.1% 68.4%
Debt / equity 0.9x 8.5x 24.8x
Net debt / EBITDA 2.4x 4.9x -2.7x
Debt / FCF 4.4x 20.4x 71.2x
Liabilities / assets 64.1% 91.9% 97.2%
Equity / assets 35.9% 8.1% 2.8%
Interest coverage 4.3x 1.0x -4.6x
Current ratio 0.8x 1.2x 1.3x
Quick ratio 0.7x 0.8x 1.2x
Cash ratio 0.2x 0.4x 0.0x
Altman Z-score 1.30 0.17 -0.96

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricCMCSALILASSP
Dividend yield 6.1% – –
Net buyback yield 5.3% 1.6% –
Shareholder yield 11.4% 1.6% 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.

ConsensusCMCSALILASSP
Forward P/E 6.3xFY2026 – –
EPS, next fiscal year $3.40FY2026 $-0.23FY2026 $-11.77FY2026
EPS growth, next FY -21.1%FY2026 – –
EPS growth, the year after +10.3% – –
Revenue, next fiscal year $114.72BFY2026 $4.20BFY2026 $2.07BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY -7.3%FY2026 -5.4%FY2026 -3.7%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +4.0% +16.5% -1.8%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersCMCSALILASSP
Held by institutions 88.7% 74.0% 67.7%
Institutions holding 1,884 156 150
Change in shares held, QoQ +2.7% -4.4% +2.4%
Institutions buying 832 87 67
Institutions selling 858 38 49
Buyers to sellers 0.97 2.29 1.37

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.

CMCSALILASSP
CMCSA 1.00 0.34 0.13
LILA 0.34 1.00 0.08
SSP 0.13 0.08 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, CMCSA, LILA and SSP?

Comcast (CMCSA) is the largest by market capitalisation: Comcast (CMCSA) $78.92B, Liberty Latin America (LILA) $1.68B, E.W. Scripps (SSP) $233.45M.

Which company is growing faster?

Liberty Latin America (LILA) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Comcast (CMCSA) -0.2%, Liberty Latin America (LILA) +1.3%, E.W. Scripps (SSP) -14.2%.

Which company is more profitable?

Comcast (CMCSA) has the highest net margin (Comcast (CMCSA) 9.2%, Liberty Latin America (LILA) -2.2%, E.W. Scripps (SSP) -61.1%). On return on invested capital, Comcast (CMCSA) leads (Comcast (CMCSA) 7.8%, Liberty Latin America (LILA) 0.0%, E.W. Scripps (SSP) -31.0%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Liberty Latin America (LILA) returned the most: Comcast (CMCSA) -26.3%, Liberty Latin America (LILA) +49.2%, E.W. Scripps (SSP) +29.6%. Over five years, Liberty Latin America (LILA) compounded fastest (Comcast (CMCSA) -16.0%/yr, Liberty Latin America (LILA) -0.2%/yr, E.W. Scripps (SSP) -29.7%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Comcast (CMCSA) has been the steadiest (Comcast (CMCSA) 34.3%, Liberty Latin America (LILA) 44.3%, E.W. Scripps (SSP) 88.2%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, CMCSA, LILA and SSP?

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