DIS vs. LYV, NWSA, CNK, RDI, DKNG, MTN, MSGS, IGT, PRKS, and FUN
Should you be buying Walt Disney stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Walt Disney include Live Nation Entertainment (LYV), News (NWSA), Cinemark (CNK), Reading International (RDI), DraftKings (DKNG), Vail Resorts (MTN), Madison Square Garden Sports (MSGS), International Game Technology (IGT), United Parks & Resorts (PRKS), and Cedar Fair (FUN). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
Live Nation Entertainment (NYSE:LYV) and Walt Disney (NYSE:DIS) 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.
Walt Disney received 1327 more outperform votes than Live Nation Entertainment when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 75.45% of users gave Live Nation Entertainment an outperform vote while only 71.16% of users gave Walt Disney an outperform vote.
74.5% of Live Nation Entertainment shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.7% of Walt Disney shares are held by institutional investors. 2.9% of Live Nation Entertainment shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Walt Disney 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.
Live Nation Entertainment presently has a consensus target price of $115.58, suggesting a potential upside of 23.30%. Walt Disney has a consensus target price of $126.29, suggesting a potential upside of 21.54%. Given Walt Disney's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Live Nation Entertainment is more favorable than Walt Disney.
Live Nation Entertainment has a net margin of 2.22% compared to Live Nation Entertainment's net margin of 1.90%. Walt Disney's return on equity of 90.67% beat Live Nation Entertainment's return on equity.
In the previous week, Walt Disney had 34 more articles in the media than Live Nation Entertainment. MarketBeat recorded 55 mentions for Walt Disney and 21 mentions for Live Nation Entertainment. Walt Disney's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat Live Nation Entertainment's score of 0.38 indicating that Live Nation Entertainment is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Live Nation Entertainment has a beta of 1.34, indicating that its stock price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Walt Disney has a beta of 1.4, indicating that its stock price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Walt Disney has higher revenue and earnings than Live Nation Entertainment. Live Nation Entertainment is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Walt Disney, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Live Nation Entertainment and Walt Disney tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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