BuzzFeed (NASDAQ:BZFD – Get Free Report) and Liberty Media Corporation – Liberty Formula One Series B (OTCMKTS:FWONB – Get Free Report) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends and risk.
Earnings & Valuation
This table compares BuzzFeed and Liberty Media Corporation – Liberty Formula One Series B”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| BuzzFeed | $189.89 million | 0.39 | -$10.10 million | $0.25 | 8.00 |
| Liberty Media Corporation – Liberty Formula One Series B | $3.32 billion | 7.14 | -$30.00 million | $1.02 | 93.14 |
Analyst Ratings
This is a summary of current recommendations and price targets for BuzzFeed and Liberty Media Corporation – Liberty Formula One Series B, as provided by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| BuzzFeed | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4.00 |
| Liberty Media Corporation – Liberty Formula One Series B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
Profitability
This table compares BuzzFeed and Liberty Media Corporation – Liberty Formula One Series B’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| BuzzFeed | 4.75% | -28.11% | -11.14% |
| Liberty Media Corporation – Liberty Formula One Series B | 7.76% | N/A | N/A |
Risk and Volatility
BuzzFeed has a beta of 3.45, meaning that its stock price is 245% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Liberty Media Corporation – Liberty Formula One Series B has a beta of 0.42, meaning that its stock price is 58% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Institutional and Insider Ownership
37.6% of BuzzFeed shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 1.0% of Liberty Media Corporation – Liberty Formula One Series B shares are held by institutional investors. 19.2% of BuzzFeed shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.3% of Liberty Media Corporation – Liberty Formula One Series B shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Liberty Media Corporation – Liberty Formula One Series B beats BuzzFeed on 7 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
About BuzzFeed
BuzzFeed, Inc., a digital media company, distributes content across owned and operated, as well as third-party platforms. The company offers BuzzFeed, a go-to authority for entertainment, pop culture, and Internet with articles, lists, quizzes, videos, and original series; BuzzFeed News, a pocket friendly newsroom; Tasty, a platform for food content; HuffPost, media platform for news, politics, opinion, entertainment, features, and lifestyle content. It also provides display, programmatic, and video advertising on its owned and operated sites and applications. BuzzFeed, Inc. is headquartered in New York, New York.
About Liberty Media Corporation – Liberty Formula One Series B
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.
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