Contrasting Beamr Imaging (NASDAQ:BMR) & Liberty Media Corporation – Liberty Formula One Series A (NASDAQ:FWONA)

Beamr Imaging (NASDAQ:BMR) and Liberty Media Corporation – Liberty Formula One Series A (NASDAQ:FWONA) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, dividends and valuation.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

0.7% of Beamr Imaging shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 8.4% of Liberty Media Corporation – Liberty Formula One Series A shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.7% of Beamr Imaging shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.0% of Liberty Media Corporation – Liberty Formula One Series A shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Risk and Volatility

Beamr Imaging has a beta of 3.69, suggesting that its share price is 269% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Liberty Media Corporation – Liberty Formula One Series A has a beta of 0.52, suggesting that its share price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Beamr Imaging and Liberty Media Corporation – Liberty Formula One Series A’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Beamr Imaging	N/A	N/A	N/A
Liberty Media Corporation – Liberty Formula One Series A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Beamr Imaging and Liberty Media Corporation – Liberty Formula One Series A”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Beamr Imaging	$3.06 million	N/A	-$3.35 million	N/A	N/A
Liberty Media Corporation – Liberty Formula One Series A	$3.32 billion	6.68	-$99.78 million	($0.40)	-222.05

Beamr Imaging has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Liberty Media Corporation – Liberty Formula One Series A.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and recommmendations for Beamr Imaging and Liberty Media Corporation – Liberty Formula One Series A, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Beamr Imaging	0	0	0	0	0.00
Liberty Media Corporation – Liberty Formula One Series A	1	1	3	1	2.67

Liberty Media Corporation – Liberty Formula One Series A has a consensus price target of $103.00, suggesting a potential upside of 15.96%. Given Liberty Media Corporation – Liberty Formula One Series A’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Liberty Media Corporation – Liberty Formula One Series A is more favorable than Beamr Imaging.

Summary

Liberty Media Corporation – Liberty Formula One Series A beats Beamr Imaging on 7 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Beamr Imaging

Beamr Imaging Ltd. provides video encoding, transcoding, and optimization solutions in the United States, Israel, and internationally. It offers a suite of video compression software encoder solutions, including Beamr 4 H.264, Beamr 4X H.264 content adaptive, Beamr 5 HEVC, and Beamr 5X HEVC content adaptive encoders; Beamr JPEGmini photo optimization software solutions for reducing joint photographic experts group file sizes; and Beamr Silicon IP block, a hardware solution for integration into dedicated video encoding application-specific integrated circuits, graphics processing units, and application processors. The company serves tier one over-the-top platforms, content distributors, video streaming platforms, and Hollywood studios. The company was formerly known as I.C.V.T Ltd. and changed its name to Beamr Imaging Ltd. in January 2015. Beamr Imaging Ltd. was incorporated in 2009 and is headquartered in Herzliya, Israel.

About Liberty Media Corporation – Liberty Formula One Series A

Formula One Group, through its subsidiary Formula 1, engages in the motorsports business in the United States and internationally. The company holds commercial rights for the FIA Formula One world championship, approximately a nine-month long motor race-based competition in which teams compete for the constructors' championship and drivers compete for the drivers' championship. It is also involved in the operation of the Formula 1 Paddock Club hospitality program; and provision of freight, logistical, and travel related services for the teams and other third parties, as well as the F2 and F3 race series. The company was founded in 1950 and is based in Englewood, Colorado. Formula One Group operates as a subsidiary of Liberty Media Corporation.