Contrasting Liberty Media Corporation – Liberty Live Series A (NASDAQ:LLYVA) & Hellenic Telecom Organization (OTCMKTS:HLTOY)

Liberty Media Corporation – Liberty Live Series A (NASDAQ:LLYVA) and Hellenic Telecom Organization (OTCMKTS:HLTOY) are both mid-cap utilities companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, risk, profitability, dividends, valuation and analyst recommendations.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

25.1% of Liberty Media Corporation – Liberty Live Series A shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of Liberty Media Corporation – Liberty Live Series A shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations for Liberty Media Corporation – Liberty Live Series A and Hellenic Telecom Organization, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Liberty Media Corporation – Liberty Live Series A	2	0	0	0	1.00
Hellenic Telecom Organization	0	0	1	0	3.00

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Liberty Media Corporation – Liberty Live Series A and Hellenic Telecom Organization”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Liberty Media Corporation – Liberty Live Series A	$398.51 million	21.92	-$325.69 million	($3.54)	-26.82
Hellenic Telecom Organization	$3.92 billion	2.32	$566.95 million	$0.71	15.58

Hellenic Telecom Organization has higher revenue and earnings than Liberty Media Corporation – Liberty Live Series A. Liberty Media Corporation – Liberty Live Series A is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hellenic Telecom Organization, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Profitability

This table compares Liberty Media Corporation – Liberty Live Series A and Hellenic Telecom Organization’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Liberty Media Corporation – Liberty Live Series A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Hellenic Telecom Organization	13.81%	29.97%	11.96%

Volatility and Risk

Liberty Media Corporation – Liberty Live Series A has a beta of 0.95, indicating that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hellenic Telecom Organization has a beta of 0.21, indicating that its share price is 79% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Hellenic Telecom Organization beats Liberty Media Corporation – Liberty Live Series A on 9 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Liberty Media Corporation – Liberty Live Series A

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 Hellenic Telecom Organization

Hellenic Telecommunications Organization S.A. provides telecommunications and related services to businesses and individuals primarily in Greece and Romania. It operates through OTE, COSMOTE Group, and Telekom Romania Mobile segments. The company offers fixed-line, Internet access, ICT, and TV production services; and international carrier services. It also provides mobile and satellite telecommunication, electronic money, e-commerce, financing, consultancy and security, real estate, insurance brokerage, training, wholesale telephony, retail, marketing, overdue accounts management, wholesale broadband, and infrastructure services. Hellenic Telecommunications Organization S.A. was incorporated in 1949 and is based in Athens, Greece. Hellenic Telecommunications Organization S.A. operates as a subsidiary of Deutsche Telekom AG.