LGF.A vs. CENTA, TGNA, LEG, ATAT, LAUR, SPB, CMPR, CUK, CRI, and PENN
Should you be buying Lions Gate Entertainment stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lions Gate Entertainment include Central Garden & Pet (CENTA), TEGNA (TGNA), Leggett & Platt (LEG), Atour Lifestyle (ATAT), Laureate Education (LAUR), Spectrum Brands (SPB), Cimpress (CMPR), Carnival Co. & (CUK), Carter's (CRI), and PENN Entertainment (PENN). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
Lions Gate Entertainment (NYSE:LGF.A) and Central Garden & Pet (NASDAQ:CENTA) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, risk, institutional ownership and earnings.
In the previous week, Central Garden & Pet had 15 more articles in the media than Lions Gate Entertainment. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Central Garden & Pet and 1 mentions for Lions Gate Entertainment. Central Garden & Pet's average media sentiment score of 0.68 beat Lions Gate Entertainment's score of 0.00 indicating that Central Garden & Pet is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Lions Gate Entertainment has a beta of 1.3, suggesting that its share price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Central Garden & Pet has a beta of 0.7, suggesting that its share price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Central Garden & Pet has a net margin of 4.06% compared to Lions Gate Entertainment's net margin of -29.12%. Lions Gate Entertainment's return on equity of 24.69% beat Central Garden & Pet's return on equity.
Lions Gate Entertainment received 143 more outperform votes than Central Garden & Pet when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.46% of users gave Lions Gate Entertainment an outperform vote while only 63.57% of users gave Central Garden & Pet an outperform vote.
34.1% of Lions Gate Entertainment shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 50.8% of Central Garden & Pet shares are held by institutional investors. 21.3% of Lions Gate Entertainment shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 20.3% of Central Garden & Pet shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Lions Gate Entertainment presently has a consensus target price of $10.50, suggesting a potential downside of 0.76%. Central Garden & Pet has a consensus target price of $44.25, suggesting a potential upside of 12.77%. Given Central Garden & Pet's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Central Garden & Pet is more favorable than Lions Gate Entertainment.
Central Garden & Pet has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Lions Gate Entertainment. Lions Gate Entertainment is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Central Garden & Pet, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Central Garden & Pet beats Lions Gate Entertainment on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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