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 companies based on the strength of their valuation, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, community ranking, dividends and analyst recommendations.
80.9% of Netflix shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.7% of Walt Disney shares are held by institutional investors. 1.8% of Netflix 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.
Netflix received 897 more outperform votes than Walt Disney when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 71.22% of users gave Walt Disney an outperform vote while only 64.82% of users gave Netflix an outperform vote.
Netflix has a beta of 1.23, meaning that its stock price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Walt Disney has a beta of 1.4, meaning that its stock price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Netflix has a net margin of 18.42% compared to Walt Disney's net margin of 3.36%. Netflix's return on equity of 29.62% beat Walt Disney's return on equity.
In the previous week, Walt Disney had 33 more articles in the media than Netflix. MarketBeat recorded 158 mentions for Walt Disney and 125 mentions for Netflix. Walt Disney's average media sentiment score of 0.41 beat Netflix's score of 0.36 indicating that Walt Disney is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Netflix currently has a consensus price target of $631.15, indicating a potential upside of 3.32%. Walt Disney has a consensus price target of $126.46, indicating a potential upside of 19.53%. Given Walt Disney's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Walt Disney is more favorable than Netflix.
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.
Summary
Netflix and Walt Disney tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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