WMG vs. TKO, EDR, LYV, CCL, WBD, IHG, H, FOXA, FWONA, and K
Should you be buying Warner Music Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Warner Music Group include TKO Group (TKO), Endeavor Group (EDR), Live Nation Entertainment (LYV), Carnival Co. & (CCL), Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG), Hyatt Hotels (H), FOX (FOXA), Formula One Group (FWONA), and Kellanova (K). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
Warner Music Group (NASDAQ:WMG) and TKO Group (NYSE:TKO) are both large-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, valuation, community ranking, dividends, profitability and media sentiment.
Warner Music Group has a beta of 1.43, meaning that its stock price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TKO Group has a beta of 1.03, meaning that its stock price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Warner Music Group received 25 more outperform votes than TKO Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 80.95% of users gave TKO Group an outperform vote while only 38.18% of users gave Warner Music Group an outperform vote.
Warner Music Group presently has a consensus target price of $37.18, suggesting a potential upside of 5.95%. TKO Group has a consensus target price of $108.31, suggesting a potential upside of 9.61%. Given TKO Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe TKO Group is more favorable than Warner Music Group.
Warner Music Group pays an annual dividend of $0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. TKO Group pays an annual dividend of $0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. Warner Music Group pays out 77.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. TKO Group pays out 35.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Warner Music Group has higher revenue and earnings than TKO Group. Warner Music Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than TKO Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Warner Music Group has a net margin of 7.42% compared to TKO Group's net margin of 3.02%. Warner Music Group's return on equity of 128.86% beat TKO Group's return on equity.
96.9% of Warner Music Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.8% of TKO Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 73.4% of Warner Music Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 53.8% of TKO Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Warner Music Group had 2 more articles in the media than TKO Group. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Warner Music Group and 6 mentions for TKO Group. TKO Group's average media sentiment score of 0.51 beat Warner Music Group's score of 0.32 indicating that TKO Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Warner Music Group beats TKO Group on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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