DKNG vs. CHTR, RCL, TCOM, LVS, EA, LULU, HLT, TTWO, ONON, and LYV
Should you be buying DraftKings stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of DraftKings include Charter Communications (CHTR), Royal Caribbean Cruises (RCL), Trip.com Group (TCOM), Las Vegas Sands (LVS), Electronic Arts (EA), Lululemon Athletica (LULU), Hilton Worldwide (HLT), Take-Two Interactive Software (TTWO), ON (ONON), and Live Nation Entertainment (LYV). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
Charter Communications (NASDAQ:CHTR) and DraftKings (NASDAQ:DKNG) are both large-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking and dividends.
Charter Communications has a net margin of 8.50% compared to Charter Communications' net margin of -13.45%. DraftKings' return on equity of 31.42% beat Charter Communications' return on equity.
In the previous week, DraftKings had 10 more articles in the media than Charter Communications. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for DraftKings and 9 mentions for Charter Communications. Charter Communications' average media sentiment score of 1.15 beat DraftKings' score of 0.94 indicating that DraftKings is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Charter Communications has higher revenue and earnings than DraftKings. DraftKings is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Charter Communications, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
81.8% of Charter Communications shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 37.7% of DraftKings shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Charter Communications shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 51.2% of DraftKings shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Charter Communications received 533 more outperform votes than DraftKings when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.79% of users gave Charter Communications an outperform vote while only 61.00% of users gave DraftKings an outperform vote.
Charter Communications has a beta of 0.97, suggesting that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DraftKings has a beta of 1.87, suggesting that its stock price is 87% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Charter Communications currently has a consensus target price of $356.47, suggesting a potential upside of 30.56%. DraftKings has a consensus target price of $49.21, suggesting a potential upside of 11.30%. Given DraftKings' higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Charter Communications is more favorable than DraftKings.
Summary
Charter Communications beats DraftKings on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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