SPHR vs. MANU, BATRA, BOWL, NGMS, ACEL, RSVR, AGAE, BREA, GPAK, and LYV
Should you be buying Sphere Entertainment stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Sphere Entertainment include Manchester United (MANU), Atlanta Braves (BATRA), Bowlero (BOWL), NeoGames (NGMS), Accel Entertainment (ACEL), Reservoir Media (RSVR), Allied Gaming & Entertainment (AGAE), Brera (BREA), Gamer Pakistan (GPAK), and Live Nation Entertainment (LYV). These companies are all part of the "amusement & recreation services" industry.
Sphere Entertainment (NYSE:SPHR) and Manchester United (NYSE:MANU) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, dividends, earnings and valuation.
In the previous week, Manchester United had 5 more articles in the media than Sphere Entertainment. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Manchester United and 4 mentions for Sphere Entertainment. Sphere Entertainment's average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat Manchester United's score of 0.76 indicating that Sphere Entertainment is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Sphere Entertainment has a net margin of 43.36% compared to Manchester United's net margin of -1.98%. Sphere Entertainment's return on equity of 8.11% beat Manchester United's return on equity.
Sphere Entertainment has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Manchester United. Manchester United is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sphere Entertainment, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Sphere Entertainment presently has a consensus target price of $35.60, suggesting a potential downside of 2.47%. Manchester United has a consensus target price of $21.00, suggesting a potential upside of 24.41%. Given Manchester United's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Manchester United is more favorable than Sphere Entertainment.
Manchester United received 422 more outperform votes than Sphere Entertainment when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.88% of users gave Manchester United an outperform vote while only 22.22% of users gave Sphere Entertainment an outperform vote.
92.0% of Sphere Entertainment shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 23.3% of Manchester United shares are owned by institutional investors. 24.5% of Sphere Entertainment shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 68.6% of Manchester United shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Sphere Entertainment has a beta of 1.46, suggesting that its share price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Manchester United has a beta of 0.7, suggesting that its share price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Sphere Entertainment beats Manchester United on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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