NFLX vs. DIS, CMCSA, NKE, T, SONY, MAR, IQ, CIDM, CNVS, and HLT
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), Marriott International (MAR), iQIYI (IQ), Cinedigm (CIDM), Cineverse (CNVS), and Hilton Worldwide (HLT).
Walt Disney (NYSE:DIS) and Netflix (NASDAQ:NFLX) are both large-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment and dividends.
In the previous week, Walt Disney had 44 more articles in the media than Netflix. MarketBeat recorded 169 mentions for Walt Disney and 125 mentions for Netflix. Netflix's average media sentiment score of 0.41 beat Walt Disney's score of 0.38 indicating that Walt Disney is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Netflix has a net margin of 18.42% compared to Netflix's net margin of 1.90%. Walt Disney's return on equity of 29.62% beat Netflix's return on equity.
Walt Disney currently has a consensus target price of $126.46, indicating a potential upside of 19.54%. Netflix has a consensus target price of $631.15, indicating a potential upside of 3.32%. Given Netflix's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Walt Disney is more favorable than Netflix.
65.7% of Walt Disney shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.9% of Netflix shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Walt Disney shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of Netflix shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Walt Disney has a beta of 1.4, suggesting that its share price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Netflix has a beta of 1.23, suggesting that its share price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Netflix has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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 897 more outperform votes than Walt Disney when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 71.22% of users gave Walt Disney an outperform vote while only 64.82% of users gave Netflix an outperform vote.
Summary
Walt Disney and Netflix tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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