WMG vs. DKNG, TKO, EDR, PLNT, LTH, MSGS, SGHC, RSI, MANU, and FUN
Should you be buying Warner Music Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Warner Music Group include DraftKings (DKNG), TKO Group (TKO), Endeavor Group (EDR), Planet Fitness (PLNT), Life Time Group (LTH), Madison Square Garden (MSGS), Super Group (SGHC) (SGHC), Rush Street Interactive (RSI), Manchester United (MANU), and Six Flags Entertainment (FUN). These companies are all part of the "entertainment" industry.
Warner Music Group vs. Its Competitors
Warner Music Group (NASDAQ:WMG) and DraftKings (NASDAQ:DKNG) are both large-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk and media sentiment.
Warner Music Group presently has a consensus price target of $34.05, indicating a potential upside of 15.86%. DraftKings has a consensus price target of $53.90, indicating a potential upside of 32.51%. Given DraftKings' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe DraftKings is more favorable than Warner Music Group.
In the previous week, DraftKings had 6 more articles in the media than Warner Music Group. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for DraftKings and 21 mentions for Warner Music Group. DraftKings' average media sentiment score of 0.87 beat Warner Music Group's score of 0.17 indicating that DraftKings is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
96.9% of Warner Music Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 37.7% of DraftKings shares are owned by institutional investors. 72.2% of Warner Music Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 51.2% of DraftKings shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Warner Music Group has a net margin of 7.14% compared to DraftKings' net margin of -7.97%. Warner Music Group's return on equity of 64.64% beat DraftKings' return on equity.
Warner Music Group has a beta of 1.24, suggesting that its share price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DraftKings has a beta of 1.67, suggesting that its share price is 67% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Warner Music Group has higher revenue and earnings than DraftKings. DraftKings is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Warner Music Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Warner Music Group beats DraftKings on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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.
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This page (NASDAQ:WMG) was last updated on 7/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
