Comcast, Time Warner Cable Hit Highs

Liberty Global, Comcast and Time Warner Cable hit highs Tuesday.
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BOSTON (TheStreet) -- U.S. stocks gained Tuesday as consumer confidence and home prices rose. These stocks recorded highs.

3. Liberty Global

(LBTYA) - Get Report

rose 1.4% to $29.17, hitting a high of $29.47.

Quarter

: Liberty swung to a fourth-quarter profit of $100 million, or 34 cents, from a loss of $753 million, or $2.60, a year earlier. Revenue grew 19% to $3 billion. The operating margin rose to 16%. Liberty holds $3.3 billion of cash and $26 billion of debt.

Stock

: Liberty has more than doubled during the past year, beating U.S. indices. The stock trades at a price-to-cash-flow ratio of 2.3 and a price-to-sales ratio of 0.7, 77% and 66% discounts to industry averages. It's expensive based on projected earnings.

Consensus

: Of analysts covering Liberty, 11, or 79%, advise purchasing its shares and three recommend holding them.

Goldman Sachs

(GS) - Get Report

, which rates Liberty "overweight", expects the stock to advance 25% to $36.70.

Miller Tabak

projects it will hit $35.

2. Time Warner Cable

(TWC)

climbed 1.7% to $53.45, achieving a high of $53.62.

Quarter

: Time Warner Cable swung to a fourth-quarter profit of $322 million, or 91 cents, from a loss of $8.2 billion, or $25.08, a year earlier. Revenue expanded 3%. The company holds $23 billion of debt, translating to a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.6.

Stock

: Time Warner Cable has more than doubled during the past year, outpacing major benchmarks. The stock sells for a price-to-projected-earnings ratio of 13 and a price-to-book ratio of 2.1, 26% and 37% discounts to industry averages.

Consensus

: Of researchers evaluating Time Warner Cable, 17 rate its stock "buy" and nine rate it "hold."

Deutsche Bank

(DB) - Get Report

predicts the shares to hit $65, a potential 21% gain.

Bank of America

(BAC) - Get Report

expects the shares to rise to $64.

1. Comcast

(CMCSA) - Get Report

increased 1.3% to $18.74, hitting a high of $18.84.

Quarter

: Fourth-quarter profit more than doubled to $955 million, or 33 cents, as revenue grew 3.4% to $9.1 billion. The operating margin declined from 21% to 20%. Comcast has $29 billion of debt and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.7.

Stock

: Comcast has advanced 37% during the past year, less than U.S. indices. The stock trades at a price-to-book ratio of 1.2 and a price-to-cash-flow ratio of 5.1, 64% and 49% discounts to industry averages.

Consensus

: Of firms rating Comcast, 17, or 65%, advocate purchasing its shares and nine suggest holding them. Deutsche Bank expects the stock to gain 33% to $25.

Oppenheimer

is less optimistic, projecting shares to hit $22.

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