WMG vs. LYV, EDR, TKO, MANU, BATRA, BOWL, SPHR, NGMS, ACEL, and RSVR
Should you be buying Warner Music Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Warner Music Group include Live Nation Entertainment (LYV), Endeavor Group (EDR), TKO Group (TKO), Manchester United (MANU), Atlanta Braves (BATRA), Bowlero (BOWL), Sphere Entertainment (SPHR), NeoGames (NGMS), Accel Entertainment (ACEL), and Reservoir Media (RSVR). These companies are all part of the "amusement & recreation services" industry.
Live Nation Entertainment (NYSE:LYV) and Warner Music Group (NASDAQ:WMG) are both large-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, valuation, risk, community ranking, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
Warner Music Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Live Nation Entertainment. Warner Music 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.
Live Nation Entertainment received 588 more outperform votes than Warner Music Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.45% of users gave Live Nation Entertainment an outperform vote while only 38.18% of users gave Warner Music Group an outperform vote.
74.5% of Live Nation Entertainment shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.9% of Warner Music Group shares are held by institutional investors. 2.9% of Live Nation Entertainment shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 73.4% of Warner Music Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Warner Music Group has a net margin of 8.28% compared to Warner Music Group's net margin of 2.22%. Live Nation Entertainment's return on equity of 120.42% beat Warner Music Group's return on equity.
In the previous week, Live Nation Entertainment had 21 more articles in the media than Warner Music Group. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for Live Nation Entertainment and 4 mentions for Warner Music Group. Live Nation Entertainment's average media sentiment score of 1.10 beat Warner Music Group's score of 0.59 indicating that Warner Music Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Live Nation Entertainment presently has a consensus target price of $115.58, suggesting a potential upside of 23.30%. Warner Music Group has a consensus target price of $37.18, suggesting a potential upside of 24.84%. Given Live Nation Entertainment's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Warner Music Group is more favorable than Live Nation Entertainment.
Live Nation Entertainment has a beta of 1.34, indicating that its stock price is 34% 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.
Summary
Warner Music Group beats Live Nation Entertainment on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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