TKO vs. WMG, EDR, LYV, CCL, IHG, RBLX, FOXA, H, NWS, and EDU
Should you be buying TKO Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of TKO Group include Warner Music Group (WMG), Endeavor Group (EDR), Live Nation Entertainment (LYV), Carnival Co. & (CCL), InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG), Roblox (RBLX), FOX (FOXA), Hyatt Hotels (H), News (NWS), and New Oriental Education & Technology Group (EDU). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
TKO Group (NYSE:TKO) and Warner Music Group (NASDAQ:WMG) are both large-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, risk, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations and valuation.
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.
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 news media.
TKO Group has a beta of 1.03, indicating that its stock price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Warner Music Group has a beta of 1.43, indicating that its stock price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
TKO Group currently has a consensus target price of $111.69, suggesting a potential upside of 6.02%. Warner Music Group has a consensus target price of $37.18, suggesting a potential upside of 16.03%. Given Warner Music Group's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Warner Music Group is more favorable than TKO Group.
89.8% of TKO Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.9% of Warner Music Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 53.8% of TKO Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 73.4% of Warner Music Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
TKO Group pays an annual dividend of $0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. Warner Music Group pays an annual dividend of $0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. TKO Group pays out -23.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Warner Music Group pays out 68.0% 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.
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.
Summary
Warner Music Group beats TKO Group on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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