TV vs TDS vs CMCSA Stock Comparison

Grupo Televisa, S.A.B, Telephone & Data Systems and Comcast Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
TV Grupo Televisa, S.A.B.
$2.30 -2.5% 1M -3.8% 1Y
Market cap
$136.36B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$3.23B
Div. yield
–
Broadband and Cable Communication Services
3 wins
CMCSA Comcast Corp
$22.05 +0.6% 1M -24.7% 1Y
Market cap
$77.60B
P/E
6.9x
Revenue (TTM)
$123.01B
Div. yield
–
Broadband and Cable Communication Services
4 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Comcast leads on 4 of the 12 questions below (Comcast 4, Telephone & Data Systems 4, Grupo Televisa, S.A.B 3). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionTVTDSCMCSALeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $136.36B $4.09B $77.60B TV
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -276.5x 11.7x 6.9x CMCSA
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 12.8x 9.1x 6.5x CMCSA
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +5.5% +3.8% -0.2% TV
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months -15.3% 27.7% 9.2% TDS
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 2.9% 6.6% 7.8% CMCSA
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 64.6x -1.8x 2.4x TDS
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.02% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -3.8% -8.3% -24.7% TV
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -26.5%/yr +13.9%/yr -15.9%/yr TDS
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 38.9% 30.7% 34.3% TDS
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 34/100 58/100 66/100 CMCSA

Percentile Scorecard

TVTDSCMCSA

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

AxisTVTDSCMCSA
Valuation 6 #46 of 49 52 #24 of 49 94 #4 of 49
Growth 21 #36 of 45 59 #19 of 45 23 #35 of 45
Profitability 34 #30 of 45 57 #20 of 45 68 #15 of 45
Financial Health 75 #13 of 49 98 #2 of 49 60 #20 of 49
Shareholder Returns – 22 #29 of 37 86 #6 of 37
Overall 34 58 66
  • TV ranked among 51 companies in Telecommunications
  • TDS ranked among 51 companies in Telecommunications
  • CMCSA ranked among 51 companies in Telecommunications

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodTVTDSCMCSASPY
1 month -2.5%-0.5%+0.6% -0.8%
3 months -18.4%+6.0%-3.3% +3.5%
6 months -21.2%-19.1%-19.8% +7.0%
Year to date -21.0%-13.0%-26.2% +12.2%
1 year -3.8%-8.3%-24.7% +13.0%
3 years -2.1%+100.4%-44.4% +86.3%
3 years, per year -0.7%+26.1%-17.8% +23.1%
5 years -78.5%+91.4%-58.0% +68.6%
5 years, per year -26.5%+13.9%-15.9% +11.0%
10 years -90.9%+36.9%-29.5% +258.0%
10 years, per year -21.4%+3.2%-3.4% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureTVTDSCMCSASPY
Volatility, 1Y 38.9%30.7%34.3% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 39.4%30.7%40.1% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.690.510.02 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.10-0.27-0.72 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -86.3%-68.4%-61.9% -25.4%
From 52-week high -33.1%-25.0%-32.1% -1.8%
52-week high $3.44$47.59$32.48 $779.14
52-week low $2.21$32.96$20.66 $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.

MultipleTVTDSCMCSA
P/E now vs peer median -292.4xmedian 11.8x 11.7xmedian 11.8x 6.9xmedian 11.8x
P/S now vs peer median 44.3xmedian 1.1x 3.3xmedian 1.1x 0.6xmedian 1.1x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 4,083xmedian 6.8x 3.2xmedian 6.8x 4.7xmedian 6.8x
P/FCF now vs peer median —median 5.7x -9.7xmedian 5.7x 4.0xmedian 5.7x
P/B now vs peer median 22.4xmedian 1.3x 0.8xmedian 1.3x 0.8xmedian 1.3x
PEG now vs peer median 9.50median 0.24 0.15median 0.24 -1.51median 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 monthsTVTDSCMCSA
Revenue $3.23B $1.26B $123.01B
Gross profit $1.78B $746.62M –
Operating income $307.39M $465.89M $18.10B
Net income -$116.03M $544.60M $11.32B
Free cash flow – -$424.28M $19.67B
EPS (diluted) $-0.01 $3.00 $3.18
Cash & equivalents $1.70B $2.19B $7.60B
Total debt $14.34B $680.09M $87.40B
Shares (diluted) 68.12B 116.29M 3.56B
Enterprise value $128.10B -$1.17B $43.40B

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
MetricTVTDSCMCSA
P/E -292.4x 11.7x 6.9x
P/FCF – -9.7x 4.0x
P/Operating cash flow – 30.7x 2.5x
P/S 44.3x 3.3x 0.6x
P/B 22.4x 0.8x 0.8x
P/Tangible book 28.7x 1.1x 2.4x
EV/EBITDA 4,083x 3.2x 4.7x
EV/EBIT 473.1x 5.6x 8.7x
EV/Revenue 45.1x 2.1x 1.3x
EV/FCF – -6.1x 8.0x
EV/Operating cash flow – 19.4x 5.0x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 9.50 0.15 -1.51

Growth

14 metrics
MetricTVTDSCMCSA
Revenue growth (1Y) 5.5% 3.8% -0.2%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) -11.8% -38.2% 0.6%
Gross profit growth (1Y) -37.1% 9.5% –
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) -18.9% -35.6% –
Operating income growth (1Y) 255.7% 360.1% -18.4%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 5.3% 161.7% -8.1%
Net income growth (1Y) 68.3% 1,371% -49.9%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -27.1% 174.9% -9.3%
EPS growth (1Y) -18.4% 413.1% -48.2%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -30.8% 77.2% -4.6%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) – -88.1% -3.5%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – -47.7% 3.7%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) – -139.9% -6.2%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – -8.8% 7.2%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricTVTDSCMCSA
Gross margin 55.2% 59.4% –
EBITDA margin 1.1% 65.4% 27.3%
Operating margin 9.5% 37.0% 14.7%
Pretax margin 8.3% 61.4% 11.3%
Net margin -15.3% 27.7% 9.2%
FCF margin – -33.7% 16.0%
Operating cash flow margin – 10.6% 25.8%
Return on equity -1.9% 10.0% 11.9%
Return on assets -0.9% 6.4% 4.2%
Return on invested capital 2.9% 6.6% 7.8%
Return on capital employed 2.7% 6.1% 8.0%
Asset turnover 0.2x 0.2x 0.5x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) – 0.2x 2.8x
Stock comp / revenue – 1.4% 1.1%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricTVTDSCMCSA
Debt / assets 34.8% 8.1% 33.9%
Debt / equity 0.7x 0.1x 0.9x
Net debt / EBITDA 64.6x -1.8x 2.4x
Debt / FCF – -1.6x 4.4x
Liabilities / assets 52.7% 35.6% 64.1%
Equity / assets 47.3% 64.4% 35.9%
Interest coverage 0.7x 6.1x 4.3x
Current ratio 2.4x 3.8x 0.8x
Quick ratio 1.8x 3.7x 0.7x
Cash ratio 1.5x 3.6x 0.2x
Altman Z-score 13.19 1.75 1.31

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricTVTDSCMCSA
Dividend yield – 0.4% 6.0%
Net buyback yield – – 5.2%
Shareholder yield 0.0% 0.4% 11.2%
Payout ratio (earnings) – 16.1% –
Payout ratio (FCF) – -20.6% –
Dividend growth (1Y) – 0.5% –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – -16.6% –

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.

ConsensusTVTDSCMCSA
Forward P/E 12.8xFY2026 9.1xFY2026 6.5xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $0.18FY2026 $3.90FY2026 $3.40FY2026
EPS growth, next FY – – -21.1%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +38.9% -94.6% +10.3%
Revenue, next fiscal year $3.07BFY2026 $1.32BFY2026 $114.72BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY -9.0%FY2026 +7.2%FY2026 -7.3%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after -4.0% -8.3% +4.0%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersTVTDSCMCSA
Held by institutions 0.2% 92.5% 88.0%
Institutions holding 106 348 1,884
Change in shares held, QoQ -4.9% +5.4% +2.7%
Institutions buying 44 182 832
Institutions selling 33 113 858
Buyers to sellers 1.33 1.61 0.97

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.

TVTDSCMCSA
TV 1.00 0.09 0.20
TDS 0.09 1.00 0.17
CMCSA 0.20 0.17 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, TV, TDS and CMCSA?

Grupo Televisa, S.A.B (TV) is the largest by market capitalisation: Grupo Televisa, S.A.B (TV) $136.36B, Telephone & Data Systems (TDS) $4.09B, Comcast (CMCSA) $77.60B.

Which stock is cheaper, TV, TDS and CMCSA?

Comcast (CMCSA) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Grupo Televisa, S.A.B (TV) -276.5x, Telephone & Data Systems (TDS) 11.7x, Comcast (CMCSA) 6.9x). On next year's consensus earnings, Comcast (CMCSA) is cheapest (Grupo Televisa, S.A.B (TV) 12.8x, Telephone & Data Systems (TDS) 9.1x, Comcast (CMCSA) 6.5x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Grupo Televisa, S.A.B (TV) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Grupo Televisa, S.A.B (TV) +5.5%, Telephone & Data Systems (TDS) +3.8%, Comcast (CMCSA) -0.2%.

Which company is more profitable?

Telephone & Data Systems (TDS) has the highest net margin (Grupo Televisa, S.A.B (TV) -15.3%, Telephone & Data Systems (TDS) 27.7%, Comcast (CMCSA) 9.2%). On return on invested capital, Comcast (CMCSA) leads (Grupo Televisa, S.A.B (TV) 2.9%, Telephone & Data Systems (TDS) 6.6%, Comcast (CMCSA) 7.8%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Grupo Televisa, S.A.B (TV) returned the most: Grupo Televisa, S.A.B (TV) -3.8%, Telephone & Data Systems (TDS) -8.3%, Comcast (CMCSA) -24.7%. Over five years, Telephone & Data Systems (TDS) compounded fastest (Grupo Televisa, S.A.B (TV) -26.5%/yr, Telephone & Data Systems (TDS) +13.9%/yr, Comcast (CMCSA) -15.9%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Grupo Televisa, S.A.B (TV) 0.00%, Telephone & Data Systems (TDS) 0.02%, Comcast (CMCSA) 0.00%. Grupo Televisa, S.A.B (TV) and Comcast (CMCSA) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Telephone & Data Systems (TDS) has been the steadiest (Grupo Televisa, S.A.B (TV) 38.9%, Telephone & Data Systems (TDS) 30.7%, Comcast (CMCSA) 34.3%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, TV, TDS and CMCSA?

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 4. 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.