WMG vs. TKO, EDR, LYV, CCL, IHG, FOXA, H, NWS, EDU, and SNA
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), InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG), FOX (FOXA), Hyatt Hotels (H), News (NWS), New Oriental Education & Technology Group (EDU), and Snap-on (SNA). 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 investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, profitability, valuation, dividends and risk.
Warner Music Group received 23 more outperform votes than TKO Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 82.61% of users gave TKO Group an outperform vote while only 38.18% of users gave Warner Music Group an outperform vote.
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 hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
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 has a net margin of 8.28% compared to TKO Group's net margin of -4.14%. Warner Music Group's return on equity of 120.42% beat TKO Group's return on equity.
Warner Music Group has higher revenue and earnings than TKO Group. TKO Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Warner Music Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, TKO Group had 16 more articles in the media than Warner Music Group. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for TKO Group and 8 mentions for Warner Music Group. Warner Music Group's average media sentiment score of 0.65 beat TKO Group's score of 0.61 indicating that Warner Music Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Warner Music Group presently has a consensus price target of $37.18, indicating a potential upside of 16.03%. TKO Group has a consensus price target of $111.69, indicating a potential upside of 6.02%. Given Warner Music Group's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Warner Music Group is more favorable than TKO Group.
Warner Music Group pays an annual dividend of $0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. TKO Group pays an annual dividend of $0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. Warner Music Group pays out 68.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. TKO Group pays out -23.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
Summary
Warner Music Group beats TKO Group on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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