Critical Review: Liberty Global (NASDAQ:LILAK) & Airborne Wireless Network (OTCMKTS:ABWN)

Airborne Wireless Network (OTCMKTS:ABWN) and Liberty Global (NASDAQ:LILAK) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, dividends, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and risk.

Profitability

This table compares Airborne Wireless Network and Liberty Global’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Airborne Wireless Network	N/A	N/A	N/A
Liberty Global	-26.61%	-71.58%	-9.23%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for Airborne Wireless Network and Liberty Global, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Airborne Wireless Network	0	0	0	0	0.00
Liberty Global	1	2	0	0	1.67

Liberty Global has a consensus price target of $7.85, suggesting a potential downside of 6.32%. Given Airborne Wireless Network’s higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Airborne Wireless Network is more favorable than Liberty Global.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Airborne Wireless Network and Liberty Global”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Airborne Wireless Network	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Liberty Global	$4.46 billion	0.38	-$657.00 million	($5.93)	-1.41

Airborne Wireless Network has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Liberty Global.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

53.0% of Liberty Global shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.7% of Liberty Global shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

About Airborne Wireless Network

Airborne Wireless Network, a development stage company, focuses on developing, marketing, and licensing a fully-meshed high-speed broadband airborne wireless network by linking aircraft in flight. It focuses on developing Infinitus, a high-speed broadband airborne wireless network that would enable participating aircraft to act as an airborne repeater or router, sending and receiving broadband signals from one aircraft to another. It intends to sell broadband wireless bandwidth to the telecommunications companies and Internet service providers. The company was formerly known as Ample-Tee, Inc. and changed its name to Airborne Wireless Network in May 2016. Airborne Wireless Network was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in Simi Valley, California.

About Liberty Global

Liberty Latin America Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, provides fixed, mobile, and subsea telecommunications services. The company operates through C&W Caribbean, C&W Panama, Liberty Networks, Liberty Puerto Rico, and Liberty Costa Rico segments. It offers communications and entertainment services, including video, broadband internet, fixed-line, telephony, and mobiles services to residential and business customers; and business products and services that include enterprise-grade connectivity, data center, hosting, and managed solutions, as well as information technology solutions for small and medium enterprises, international companies, and governmental agencies. The company also operates a sub-sea and terrestrial fiber optic cable network that connects approximately 40 markets. It provides its services under the brands of C&W, Liberty Costa Rica, Liberty Communications, BTC, Flow, and Mas Móvil. The company was incorporated in 2017 and is based in Hamilton, Bermuda.