Reviewing GCI Liberty, Inc. – Series C GCI Group (NASDAQ:GLIBK) and AT&T (NYSE:T)

GCI Liberty, Inc. – Series C GCI Group (NASDAQ:GLIBK) and AT&T (NYSE:T) are both communication services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, dividends, profitability and institutional ownership.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current recommendations and price targets for GCI Liberty, Inc. – Series C GCI Group and AT&T, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
GCI Liberty, Inc. – Series C GCI Group	1	1	0	0	1.50
AT&T	1	6	12	0	2.58

AT&T has a consensus price target of $28.55, indicating a potential upside of 25.63%. Given AT&T’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe AT&T is more favorable than GCI Liberty, Inc. – Series C GCI Group.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

57.1% of AT&T shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of AT&T shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Risk and Volatility

GCI Liberty, Inc. – Series C GCI Group has a beta of -0.89, meaning that its stock price is 189% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AT&T has a beta of 0.25, meaning that its stock price is 75% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares GCI Liberty, Inc. – Series C GCI Group and AT&T’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
GCI Liberty, Inc. – Series C GCI Group	-32.53%	11.56%	5.78%
AT&T	10.19%	13.41%	3.92%

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares GCI Liberty, Inc. – Series C GCI Group and AT&T”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
GCI Liberty, Inc. – Series C GCI Group	$1.05 billion	0.74	-$309.00 million	($11.25)	-1.91
AT&T	$125.65 billion	1.24	$21.95 billion	$3.02	7.52

AT&T has higher revenue and earnings than GCI Liberty, Inc. – Series C GCI Group. GCI Liberty, Inc. – Series C GCI Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AT&T, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Summary

AT&T beats GCI Liberty, Inc. – Series C GCI Group on 13 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About GCI Liberty, Inc. – Series C GCI Group

GCI Liberty Inc. consists of its wholly owned subsidiary GCI. The company is communications provider, providing data, voice and managed services to consumer and business customers throughout Alaska. GCI Liberty Inc. is based in ENGLEWOOD, Colo.

About AT&T

AT&T, Inc. is a holding company, which engages in the provision of telecommunications and technology services. It operates through the Communications and Latin America segments. The Communications segment offers wireless, wireline telecom, and broadband services to businesses and consumers located in the US and businesses globally. The Latin America segment provides wireless services and equipment in Mexico. The company was founded in 1983 and is headquartered in Dallas, TX.