WBD vs. SPOT, AMX, CHT, FWONK, TEF, FOXA, VOD, BCE, FOX, and TU
Should you be buying Warner Bros. Discovery stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Warner Bros. Discovery include Spotify Technology (SPOT), América Móvil (AMX), Chunghwa Telecom (CHT), Formula One Group (FWONK), Telefónica (TEF), FOX (FOXA), Vodafone Group Public (VOD), BCE (BCE), FOX (FOX), and TELUS (TU). These companies are all part of the "communication" industry.
Warner Bros. Discovery vs.
Spotify Technology (NYSE:SPOT) and Warner Bros. Discovery (NASDAQ:WBD) are both large-cap business services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, earnings, dividends, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
Spotify Technology received 348 more outperform votes than Warner Bros. Discovery when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.23% of users gave Spotify Technology an outperform vote while only 43.90% of users gave Warner Bros. Discovery an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Warner Bros. Discovery had 8 more articles in the media than Spotify Technology. MarketBeat recorded 46 mentions for Warner Bros. Discovery and 38 mentions for Spotify Technology. Spotify Technology's average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat Warner Bros. Discovery's score of 0.27 indicating that Spotify Technology is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Spotify Technology currently has a consensus price target of $441.21, suggesting a potential downside of 9.23%. Warner Bros. Discovery has a consensus price target of $11.56, suggesting a potential upside of 21.45%. Given Warner Bros. Discovery's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Warner Bros. Discovery is more favorable than Spotify Technology.
Spotify Technology has a beta of 1.62, indicating that its share price is 62% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Warner Bros. Discovery has a beta of 1.5, indicating that its share price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500.
84.1% of Spotify Technology shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 60.0% of Warner Bros. Discovery shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of Spotify Technology shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of Warner Bros. Discovery shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Spotify Technology has a net margin of 4.66% compared to Warner Bros. Discovery's net margin of -28.34%. Spotify Technology's return on equity of 19.07% beat Warner Bros. Discovery's return on equity.
Spotify Technology has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Warner Bros. Discovery. Warner Bros. Discovery is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Spotify Technology, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Spotify Technology beats Warner Bros. Discovery on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:WBD) was last updated on 1/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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