Head to Head Review: Liberty Live Group (NASDAQ:LLYVK) & Formula One Group (NASDAQ:FWONK)

Liberty Live Group (NASDAQ:LLYVK) and Formula One Group (NASDAQ:FWONK) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation and profitability.

Volatility and Risk

Liberty Live Group has a beta of 1.55, suggesting that its stock price is 55% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Formula One Group has a beta of 0.13, suggesting that its stock price is 87% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Liberty Live Group and Formula One Group”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Liberty Live Group	N/A	N/A	N/A	($0.34)	-196.76
Formula One Group	$3.65 billion	6.07	-$32.40 million	($0.13)	-684.08

Liberty Live Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Formula One Group. Formula One Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Liberty Live Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for Liberty Live Group and Formula One Group, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Liberty Live Group	0	0	0	0	0.00
Formula One Group	1	1	4	1	2.71

Formula One Group has a consensus target price of $95.33, suggesting a potential upside of 7.20%. Given Formula One Group’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Formula One Group is more favorable than Liberty Live Group.

Profitability

This table compares Liberty Live Group and Formula One Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Liberty Live Group	N/A	N/A	N/A
Formula One Group	N/A	N/A	N/A

Institutional & Insider Ownership

60.4% of Liberty Live Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.3% of Formula One Group shares are held by institutional investors. 4.3% of Formula One Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Formula One Group beats Liberty Live Group on 9 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Liberty Live Group

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 Formula One Group

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.