Contrasting Liberty Media Corporation – Liberty Live Series C (NASDAQ:LLYVK) and Lionsgate Studios (NYSE:LION)

Liberty Media Corporation – Liberty Live Series C (NASDAQ:LLYVK) and Lionsgate Studios (NYSE:LION) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for Liberty Media Corporation – Liberty Live Series C and Lionsgate Studios, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Liberty Media Corporation – Liberty Live Series C	1	1	0	0	1.50
Lionsgate Studios	1	4	7	2	2.71

Lionsgate Studios has a consensus target price of $8.75, indicating a potential upside of 34.62%. Given Lionsgate Studios’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Lionsgate Studios is more favorable than Liberty Media Corporation – Liberty Live Series C.

Profitability

This table compares Liberty Media Corporation – Liberty Live Series C and Lionsgate Studios’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Liberty Media Corporation – Liberty Live Series C	N/A	N/A	N/A
Lionsgate Studios	-6.19%	N/A	-1.86%

Institutional & Insider Ownership

60.4% of Liberty Media Corporation – Liberty Live Series C shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.4% of Lionsgate Studios shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Risk and Volatility

Liberty Media Corporation – Liberty Live Series C has a beta of 1.37, suggesting that its stock price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lionsgate Studios has a beta of -0.09, suggesting that its stock price is 109% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Liberty Media Corporation – Liberty Live Series C and Lionsgate Studios”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Liberty Media Corporation – Liberty Live Series C	N/A	N/A	N/A	($3.12)	-29.00
Lionsgate Studios	$3.20 billion	0.59	-$125.30 million	($0.67)	-9.70

Liberty Media Corporation – Liberty Live Series C has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Lionsgate Studios. Liberty Media Corporation – Liberty Live Series C is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Lionsgate Studios, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Summary

Lionsgate Studios beats Liberty Media Corporation – Liberty Live Series C on 8 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Liberty Media Corporation – Liberty Live Series C

Liberty Live Group operates in the media, communications, and entertainment industries primarily in North America and the United Kingdom. The company is headquartered in Englewood, Colorado.

About Lionsgate Studios

Lionsgate Studios Corp. engages in the provision of motion picture and studio operations that bring a varied portfolio of entertainment to consumers. The company is headquartered in Santa Monica, CA.