WMG vs. LYV, TKO, EDR, FUN, MANU, BATRA, BOWL, LUCK, SPHR, and ACEL
Should you be buying Warner Music Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Warner Music Group include Live Nation Entertainment (LYV), TKO Group (TKO), Endeavor Group (EDR), Cedar Fair (FUN), Manchester United (MANU), Atlanta Braves (BATRA), Bowlero (BOWL), Lucky Strike Entertainment (LUCK), Sphere Entertainment (SPHR), and Accel Entertainment (ACEL). These companies are all part of the "amusement & recreation services" industry.
Warner Music Group vs.
Live Nation Entertainment (NYSE:LYV) and Warner Music Group (NASDAQ:WMG) are both large-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, community ranking and risk.
Live Nation Entertainment received 610 more outperform votes than Warner Music Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 76.12% of users gave Live Nation Entertainment an outperform vote while only 39.06% of users gave Warner Music Group an outperform vote.
Warner Music Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Live Nation Entertainment. Warner Music Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Live Nation Entertainment, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Warner Music Group has a net margin of 6.77% compared to Live Nation Entertainment's net margin of 2.11%. Live Nation Entertainment's return on equity of 77.62% beat Warner Music Group's return on equity.
Live Nation Entertainment has a beta of 1.37, indicating that its stock price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Warner Music Group has a beta of 1.35, indicating that its stock price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Live Nation Entertainment presently has a consensus price target of $145.40, suggesting a potential upside of 12.29%. Warner Music Group has a consensus price target of $35.67, suggesting a potential upside of 14.98%. Given Warner Music Group's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Warner Music Group is more favorable than Live Nation Entertainment.
74.5% of Live Nation Entertainment shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.9% of Warner Music Group shares are held by institutional investors. 2.7% of Live Nation Entertainment shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 73.3% of Warner Music Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Live Nation Entertainment had 2 more articles in the media than Warner Music Group. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Live Nation Entertainment and 3 mentions for Warner Music Group. Warner Music Group's average media sentiment score of 1.20 beat Live Nation Entertainment's score of 1.08 indicating that Warner Music Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Live Nation Entertainment beats Warner Music Group on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:WMG) was last updated on 1/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
