DIS vs. NFLX, CMCSA, NKE, SONY, MAR, DKNG, MTN, MSGS, IGT, and PRKS
Should you be buying Walt Disney stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Walt Disney include Netflix (NFLX), Comcast (CMCSA), NIKE (NKE), Sony Group (SONY), Marriott International (MAR), DraftKings (DKNG), Vail Resorts (MTN), Madison Square Garden Sports (MSGS), International Game Technology (IGT), and United Parks & Resorts (PRKS). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
Netflix (NASDAQ:NFLX) and Walt Disney (NYSE:DIS) are both large-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, dividends, media sentiment, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, risk and analyst recommendations.
Netflix has a beta of 1.22, meaning that its stock price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Walt Disney has a beta of 1.42, meaning that its stock price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Netflix currently has a consensus target price of $630.58, suggesting a potential upside of 12.36%. Walt Disney has a consensus target price of $125.08, suggesting a potential upside of 10.96%. Given Walt Disney's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Netflix is more favorable than Walt Disney.
80.9% of Netflix shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.7% of Walt Disney shares are held by institutional investors. 2.5% of Netflix shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Walt Disney shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
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 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.
Netflix has a net margin of 18.42% compared to Netflix's net margin of 3.36%. Walt Disney's return on equity of 29.62% beat Netflix's return on equity.
In the previous week, Netflix had 7 more articles in the media than Walt Disney. MarketBeat recorded 86 mentions for Netflix and 79 mentions for Walt Disney. Walt Disney's average media sentiment score of 0.48 beat Netflix's score of 0.37 indicating that Netflix is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Netflix beats Walt Disney on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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