LYV vs. NWSA, CNK, RDI, DIS, EDR, TKO, WMG, MANU, BATRA, and BOWL
Should you be buying Live Nation Entertainment stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Live Nation Entertainment include News (NWSA), Cinemark (CNK), Reading International (RDI), Walt Disney (DIS), Endeavor Group (EDR), TKO Group (TKO), Warner Music Group (WMG), Manchester United (MANU), Atlanta Braves (BATRA), and Bowlero (BOWL).
Live Nation Entertainment (NYSE:LYV) and News (NASDAQ:NWSA) are both large-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, earnings, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership and dividends.
Live Nation Entertainment has a beta of 1.35, suggesting that its share price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, News has a beta of 1.37, suggesting that its share price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Live Nation Entertainment has a net margin of 2.22% compared to News' net margin of 2.09%. Live Nation Entertainment's return on equity of 90.67% beat News' return on equity.
News received 33 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 73.58% of users gave News an outperform vote.
Live Nation Entertainment currently has a consensus price target of $115.58, suggesting a potential upside of 27.67%. News has a consensus price target of $29.50, suggesting a potential upside of 8.50%. Given Live Nation Entertainment's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Live Nation Entertainment is more favorable than News.
Live Nation Entertainment has higher revenue and earnings than News. News 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 7 more articles in the media than News. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Live Nation Entertainment and 2 mentions for News. Live Nation Entertainment's average media sentiment score of 1.40 beat News' score of -0.50 indicating that Live Nation Entertainment is being referred to more favorably in the media.
74.5% of Live Nation Entertainment shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.0% of News shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.9% of Live Nation Entertainment shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 13.6% of News shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Live Nation Entertainment beats News on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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