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.
Walt Disney (NYSE:DIS) and Netflix (NASDAQ:NFLX) are both large-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, community ranking, dividends, valuation and earnings.
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 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 Walt Disney's net margin of 3.36%. Netflix's return on equity of 29.62% beat Walt Disney's return on equity.
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 insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of Netflix shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Walt Disney presently has a consensus target price of $125.08, suggesting a potential upside of 11.62%. Netflix has a consensus target price of $630.58, suggesting a potential upside of 12.71%. Given Netflix's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Netflix is more favorable than Walt Disney.
In the previous week, Walt Disney had 18 more articles in the media than Netflix. MarketBeat recorded 82 mentions for Walt Disney and 64 mentions for Netflix. Netflix's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat Walt Disney's score of 0.37 indicating that Netflix is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Walt Disney has a beta of 1.42, meaning that its share price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Netflix has a beta of 1.22, meaning that its share price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Netflix beats Walt Disney on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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