Head to Head Review: GCI Liberty, Inc. – Series C GCI Group (NASDAQ:GLIBK) & Elisa Oyj (OTCMKTS:ELMUF)

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

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets for GCI Liberty, Inc. – Series C GCI Group and Elisa Oyj, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
GCI Liberty, Inc. – Series C GCI Group	2	0	0	0	1.00
Elisa Oyj	0	0	0	0	0.00

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares GCI Liberty, Inc. – Series C GCI Group and Elisa Oyj”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) 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	0.78	-$309.00 million	($10.71)	-2.12
Elisa Oyj	N/A	N/A	N/A	$1.42	34.22

Elisa Oyj has lower revenue, but higher 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 Elisa Oyj, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Profitability

This table compares GCI Liberty, Inc. – Series C GCI Group and Elisa Oyj’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	-31.47%	12.74%	6.19%
Elisa Oyj	N/A	N/A	N/A

Insider & Institutional Ownership

19.5% of Elisa Oyj shares are held by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

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 Elisa Oyj

Elisa Oyj engages in the provision of telecommunications services in Finland, rest of Europe, and internationally. It operates in two segments: Consumer Customers and Corporate Customers. The company offers data communication services, including fixed and mobile network subscriptions, supplementary digital services, cable-tv subscriptions, and entertainment services, as well as eBook services. It also provides Elisa Polystar, a software that handles automated operations and backup, network monitoring and analytics, and data integration and transfer for telecom operators; and Elisa IndustrIQ, an industrial software, which provides solutions for key supply chain, production, quality, and EHS processes for high-tech, chemical, food and beverage, and machinery and equipment sectors. In addition, the company offers solutions for automation of network management and operation for mobile operators; IoT solutions for industries; and ICT and online services; sells children's smartwatches; and generates electricity through base station battery reserves. It serves consumers, corporates, and public administration organizations. The company was founded in 1882 and is headquartered in Helsinki, Finland.