NFLX vs. DIS, CMCSA, NKE, T, SONY, IQ, CIDM, CNVS, HLT, and LULU
Should you be buying Netflix stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Netflix include Walt Disney (DIS), Comcast (CMCSA), NIKE (NKE), AT&T (T), Sony Group (SONY), iQIYI (IQ), Cinedigm (CIDM), Cineverse (CNVS), Hilton Worldwide (HLT), and Lululemon Athletica (LULU).
Netflix (NASDAQ:NFLX) and Walt Disney (NYSE:DIS) are both large-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk and valuation.
In the previous week, Walt Disney had 38 more articles in the media than Netflix. MarketBeat recorded 92 mentions for Walt Disney and 54 mentions for Netflix. Netflix's average media sentiment score of 0.48 beat Walt Disney's score of 0.39 indicating that Netflix is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Netflix has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Walt Disney. Netflix is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Walt Disney, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Netflix presently has a consensus target price of $630.58, indicating a potential upside of 14.29%. Walt Disney has a consensus target price of $125.08, indicating a potential upside of 13.25%. Given Netflix's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Netflix is more favorable than Walt Disney.
Netflix received 902 more outperform votes than Walt Disney when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 71.15% of users gave Walt Disney an outperform vote while only 64.81% of users gave Netflix an outperform vote.
80.9% of Netflix shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.7% of Walt Disney shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.8% of Netflix shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Walt Disney shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Netflix has a net margin of 18.42% compared to Walt Disney's net margin of 3.36%. Netflix's return on equity of 29.62% beat Walt Disney's return on equity.
Netflix has a beta of 1.22, suggesting that its stock price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Walt Disney has a beta of 1.42, suggesting that its stock price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Netflix beats Walt Disney on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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