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 better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, profitability, institutional ownership and earnings.

Do analysts rate TKO or WMG?

TKO Group presently has a consensus price target of $157.00, suggesting a potential upside of 10.63%. Warner Music Group has a consensus price target of $35.81, suggesting a potential upside of 5.11%. Given TKO Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe TKO Group is more favorable than Warner Music Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
TKO Group	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	11 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.93
Warner Music Group	2 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Which has higher 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	8.64	$208.18M	$0.02	7,095.70
Warner Music Group	$6.34B	2.79	$435M	$0.98	34.77

Which has more volatility and risk, TKO or WMG?

TKO Group has a beta of 1.08, meaning that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Warner Music Group has a beta of 1.33, meaning that its stock price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor TKO or WMG?

In the previous week, TKO Group had 27 more articles in the media than Warner Music Group. MarketBeat recorded 31 mentions for TKO Group and 4 mentions for Warner Music Group. Warner Music Group's average media sentiment score of 0.73 beat TKO Group's score of 0.39 indicating that Warner Music Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
TKO Group	9 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	10 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Warner Music Group	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

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 1.1%. Warner Music Group pays an annual dividend of $0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. 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 & 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 large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

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%

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 41.48% 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 41.48%	Underperform Votes 79 58.52%

Summary

Warner Music Group beats TKO Group on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.