Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) Competitors $10.69 +0.20 (+1.91%) (As of 12/20/2024 05:45 PM ET) Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrends WBD vs. SPOT, CHT, TEF, VOD, TU, FOXA, FWONK, FOX, TME, and RCIShould you be buying Warner Bros. Discovery stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Warner Bros. Discovery include Spotify Technology (SPOT), Chunghwa Telecom (CHT), Telefónica (TEF), Vodafone Group Public (VOD), TELUS (TU), FOX (FOXA), Formula One Group (FWONK), FOX (FOX), Tencent Music Entertainment Group (TME), and Rogers Communications (RCI). These companies are all part of the "communication" industry. Warner Bros. Discovery vs. Spotify Technology Chunghwa Telecom Telefónica Vodafone Group Public TELUS FOX Formula One Group FOX Tencent Music Entertainment Group Rogers Communications Warner Bros. Discovery (NASDAQ:WBD) and Spotify Technology (NYSE:SPOT) are both large-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, profitability and analyst recommendations. Do analysts rate WBD or SPOT? Warner Bros. Discovery presently has a consensus price target of $11.44, indicating a potential upside of 7.02%. Spotify Technology has a consensus price target of $429.96, indicating a potential downside of 6.71%. Given Warner Bros. Discovery's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Warner Bros. Discovery is more favorable than Spotify Technology.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Warner Bros. Discovery 0 Sell rating(s) 12 Hold rating(s) 10 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.45Spotify Technology 1 Sell rating(s) 5 Hold rating(s) 22 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.75 Does the MarketBeat Community prefer WBD or SPOT? Spotify Technology received 344 more outperform votes than Warner Bros. Discovery when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.09% of users gave Spotify Technology an outperform vote while only 44.26% of users gave Warner Bros. Discovery an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformWarner Bros. DiscoveryOutperform Votes5444.26% Underperform Votes6855.74% Spotify TechnologyOutperform Votes39862.09% Underperform Votes24337.91% Which has more risk & volatility, WBD or SPOT? Warner Bros. Discovery has a beta of 1.52, suggesting that its stock price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Spotify Technology has a beta of 1.61, suggesting that its stock price is 61% more volatile than the S&P 500. Does the media refer more to WBD or SPOT? In the previous week, Warner Bros. Discovery had 29 more articles in the media than Spotify Technology. MarketBeat recorded 45 mentions for Warner Bros. Discovery and 16 mentions for Spotify Technology. Spotify Technology's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Warner Bros. Discovery's score of 0.28 indicating that Spotify Technology is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Warner Bros. Discovery 14 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 26 Neutral mention(s) 2 Negative mention(s) 1 Very Negative mention(s) Neutral Spotify Technology 7 Very Positive mention(s) 2 Positive mention(s) 5 Neutral mention(s) 2 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Which has stronger earnings & valuation, WBD or SPOT? Spotify Technology has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioWarner Bros. Discovery$39.58B0.66-$3.13B-$4.58-2.33Spotify Technology$15.10B6.07-$575.78M$3.68125.24 Do institutionals and insiders believe in WBD or SPOT? 60.0% of Warner Bros. Discovery shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.1% of Spotify Technology shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.8% of Warner Bros. Discovery shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Spotify Technology shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term. Is WBD or SPOT more profitable? 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.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Warner Bros. Discovery-28.34% -27.56% -9.82% Spotify Technology 4.66%19.07%7.37% SummarySpotify Technology beats Warner Bros. Discovery on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks. Ad Weiss RatingsBuy this coin BEFORE Inauguration Day …Mark my words … Bitcoin is going to $100,000. BEFORE Trump is inaugurated. And I think it could reach $125,000 by the end of his first month in office.This could be his favorite coin. Get Warner Bros. Discovery News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for WBD and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart WBD vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricWarner Bros. DiscoveryCable & other pay television services IndustryDiscretionary SectorNASDAQ ExchangeMarket Cap$26.22B$12.96B$8.38B$9.07BDividend YieldN/A3.34%2.81%4.22%P/E Ratio-2.339.6918.3317.19Price / Sales0.661.8015.50116.80Price / Cash1.264.5433.4537.86Price / Book0.561.665.564.78Net Income-$3.13B$466.29M$267.23M$225.60M7 Day Performance-11.43%-4.78%-2.06%-1.24%1 Month Performance3.99%-1.83%-0.12%3.36%1 Year Performance-6.96%-13.57%10.21%16.58% Warner Bros. Discovery Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)WBDWarner Bros. Discovery2.4283 of 5 stars$10.69+1.9%$11.44+7.0%-8.3%$26.22B$39.58B-2.3335,300Analyst ForecastInsider TradeSPOTSpotify Technology3.7139 of 5 stars$485.77+0.5%$429.96-11.5%+144.3%$96.69B$14.34B132.569,123CHTChunghwa Telecom1.5857 of 5 stars$38.15-0.1%N/A+0.3%$29.59B$225.21B26.1332,383Positive NewsTEFTelefónica1.013 of 5 stars$4.40-0.5%N/A+2.0%$24.95B$43.99B-17.00104,142VODVodafone Group Public4.4368 of 5 stars$8.58-1.3%N/A-0.8%$22.12B$39.85B0.0093,000Options VolumeTUTELUS3.1571 of 5 stars$14.55flat$26.00+78.7%-21.0%$21.83B$14.90B30.96106,400FOXAFOX2.7351 of 5 stars$47.20+0.3%$44.00-6.8%+68.2%$21.56B$13.98B11.5110,200Analyst DowngradeFWONKFormula One Group1.1273 of 5 stars$95.83+0.8%$88.25-7.9%+45.7%$21.30B$3.22B82.696,800Analyst UpgradeInsider TradeFOXFOX3.1596 of 5 stars$44.82+0.2%N/A+69.9%$20.47B$13.98B10.9310,200TMETencent Music Entertainment Group4.2818 of 5 stars$11.36-5.2%$13.28+16.9%+39.4%$19.49B$3.91B22.195,185Positive NewsGap DownRCIRogers Communications4.796 of 5 stars$32.52-2.6%$61.75+89.9%-33.2%$17.38B$20.46B15.9726,000 Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Spotify Technology Alternatives Chunghwa Telecom Alternatives Telefónica Alternatives Vodafone Group Public Alternatives TELUS Alternatives FOX Alternatives Formula One Group Alternatives FOX Alternatives Tencent Music Entertainment Group Alternatives Rogers Communications Alternatives Top 10 Stock Comparisons Bank Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Toy Stocks Growth Stocks Airline Stocks Chinese Stocks EV Charging Stocks Defense Stocks Lithium Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks This page (NASDAQ:WBD) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersAmazon coin set to soar 25X – starting December 16th?This tiny 3-cent crypto just partnered with one of the biggest companies in the world… Amazon. 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