NFLX vs. DIS, CMCSA, NKE, T, SONY, MAR, IQ, CIDM, CNVS, and HLT
Should you be buying Netflix stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Netflix include Walt Disney (DIS), Comcast (CMCSA), NIKE (NKE), AT&T (T), Sony Group (SONY), Marriott International (MAR), iQIYI (IQ), Cinedigm (CIDM), Cineverse (CNVS), and Hilton Worldwide (HLT).
Netflix (NASDAQ:NFLX) and Walt Disney (NYSE:DIS) are both large-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations and profitability.
Netflix has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Walt Disney. Netflix is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Walt Disney, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
80.9% of Netflix shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.7% of Walt Disney shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.8% of Netflix shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Walt Disney shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Netflix presently has a consensus price target of $630.53, suggesting a potential upside of 1.52%. Walt Disney has a consensus price target of $126.58, suggesting a potential upside of 22.54%. Given Walt Disney's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Walt Disney is more favorable than Netflix.
In the previous week, Netflix had 8 more articles in the media than Walt Disney. MarketBeat recorded 107 mentions for Netflix and 99 mentions for Walt Disney. Netflix's average media sentiment score of 0.55 beat Walt Disney's score of 0.37 indicating that Netflix is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Netflix has a net margin of 18.42% compared to Walt Disney's net margin of 1.90%. Netflix's return on equity of 29.62% beat Walt Disney's return on equity.
Netflix has a beta of 1.23, indicating that its stock price is 23% 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.
Netflix received 899 more outperform votes than Walt Disney when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 71.19% of users gave Walt Disney an outperform vote while only 64.81% of users gave Netflix an outperform vote.
Summary
Netflix beats Walt Disney on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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