LNW vs. ROKU, PARA, PSO, HAS, BIRK, TTC, SN, CACI, CROX, and PSN
Should you be buying Light & Wonder stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Light & Wonder include Roku (ROKU), Paramount Global (PARA), Pearson (PSO), Hasbro (HAS), Birkenstock (BIRK), Toro (TTC), SharkNinja (SN), CACI International (CACI), Crocs (CROX), and Parsons (PSN).
Roku (NASDAQ:ROKU) and Light & Wonder (NASDAQ:LNW) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, community ranking and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, Roku had 1 more articles in the media than Light & Wonder. MarketBeat recorded 30 mentions for Roku and 29 mentions for Light & Wonder. Roku's average media sentiment score of 0.62 beat Light & Wonder's score of 0.44 indicating that Light & Wonder is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
86.3% of Roku shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.1% of Light & Wonder shares are held by institutional investors. 13.6% of Roku shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of Light & Wonder shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Roku presently has a consensus price target of $82.50, indicating a potential upside of 41.73%. Light & Wonder has a consensus price target of $95.08, indicating a potential upside of 3.96%. Given Light & Wonder's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Roku is more favorable than Light & Wonder.
Roku has a beta of 1.69, suggesting that its share price is 69% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Light & Wonder has a beta of 1.8, suggesting that its share price is 80% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Light & Wonder has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Roku. Roku is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Light & Wonder, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Light & Wonder has a net margin of 7.43% compared to Light & Wonder's net margin of -15.64%. Roku's return on equity of 32.27% beat Light & Wonder's return on equity.
Roku received 659 more outperform votes than Light & Wonder when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.71% of users gave Roku an outperform vote while only 22.45% of users gave Light & Wonder an outperform vote.
Summary
Light & Wonder beats Roku on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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