LYV vs. EDR, TKO, WMG, ONON, K, RCI, WBD, TTWO, RBLX, and CCL
Should you be buying Live Nation Entertainment stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Live Nation Entertainment include Endeavor Group (EDR), TKO Group (TKO), Warner Music Group (WMG), ON (ONON), Kellanova (K), Rogers Communications (RCI), Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), Take-Two Interactive Software (TTWO), Roblox (RBLX), and Carnival Co. & (CCL). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
Live Nation Entertainment (NYSE:LYV) and Endeavor Group (NYSE:EDR) are both large-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, valuation, risk, media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, profitability and analyst recommendations.
Live Nation Entertainment has a beta of 1.34, indicating that its share price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Endeavor Group has a beta of 0.79, indicating that its share price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Endeavor Group has a net margin of 3.40% compared to Live Nation Entertainment's net margin of 2.22%. Live Nation Entertainment's return on equity of 90.67% beat Endeavor Group's return on equity.
Endeavor Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Live Nation Entertainment. Endeavor Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Live Nation Entertainment, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Live Nation Entertainment had 1 more articles in the media than Endeavor Group. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Live Nation Entertainment and 13 mentions for Endeavor Group. Live Nation Entertainment's average media sentiment score of 0.91 beat Endeavor Group's score of 0.19 indicating that Live Nation Entertainment is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Live Nation Entertainment received 583 more outperform votes than Endeavor Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.45% of users gave Live Nation Entertainment an outperform vote while only 43.56% of users gave Endeavor Group an outperform vote.
Live Nation Entertainment presently has a consensus target price of $116.83, indicating a potential upside of 20.96%. Endeavor Group has a consensus target price of $28.89, indicating a potential upside of 8.16%. Given Live Nation Entertainment's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Live Nation Entertainment is more favorable than Endeavor Group.
74.5% of Live Nation Entertainment shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.4% of Endeavor Group shares are held by institutional investors. 2.9% of Live Nation Entertainment shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 82.1% of Endeavor Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Live Nation Entertainment beats Endeavor Group on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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