Warner Music Group (WMG) Competitors

TKO Group (NYSE:TKO) and Warner Music Group (NASDAQ:WMG) are both large-cap consumer discretionary 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.

Do analysts recommend TKO or WMG?

TKO Group currently has a consensus price target of $159.36, suggesting a potential upside of 7.47%. Warner Music Group has a consensus price target of $35.76, suggesting a potential upside of 22.11%. Given Warner Music Group's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Warner Music Group is more favorable than TKO Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
TKO Group	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.92
Warner Music Group	2 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.47

Is TKO or WMG a better dividend stock?

TKO Group pays an annual dividend of $1.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Warner Music Group pays an annual dividend of $0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. TKO Group pays out 7,600.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Warner Music Group pays out 73.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Warner Music Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of TKO or WMG?

89.8% of TKO Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.9% of Warner Music Group shares are held by institutional investors. 53.8% of TKO Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 72.2% of Warner Music Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in TKO or WMG?

Warner Music Group received 12 more outperform votes than TKO Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 78.57% of users gave TKO Group an outperform vote while only 41.18% of users gave Warner Music Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
TKO Group	Outperform Votes 44 78.57%	Underperform Votes 12 21.43%
Warner Music Group	Outperform Votes 56 41.18%	Underperform Votes 80 58.82%

Does the media refer more to TKO or WMG?

In the previous week, TKO Group had 14 more articles in the media than Warner Music Group. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for TKO Group and 9 mentions for Warner Music Group. TKO Group's average media sentiment score of 1.19 beat Warner Music Group's score of 1.01 indicating that TKO Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
TKO Group	14 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	8 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Warner Music Group	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is TKO or WMG more profitable?

Warner Music Group has a net margin of 8.07% compared to TKO Group's net margin of -1.26%. Warner Music Group's return on equity of 79.01% beat TKO Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
TKO Group	-1.26%	3.39%	2.32%
Warner Music Group	8.07%	79.01%	5.71%

Which has more volatility and risk, TKO or WMG?

TKO Group has a beta of 0.9, suggesting that its stock price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Warner Music Group has a beta of 1.32, suggesting that its stock price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has better earnings and valuation, TKO or WMG?

Warner Music Group has higher revenue and earnings than TKO Group. Warner Music Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than TKO Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
TKO Group	$2.80B	9.05	$208.18M	$0.02	7,414.00
Warner Music Group	$6.34B	2.40	$435M	$0.98	29.89

Summary

Warner Music Group beats TKO Group on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.