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Walt Disney (DIS) Competitors

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$114.27 +1.85 (+1.65%)
(As of 11/20/2024 ET)

DIS vs. LYV, NWSA, CNK, RDI, DKNG, MTN, MSGS, IGT, PRKS, and SGHC

Should you be buying Walt Disney stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Walt Disney include Live Nation Entertainment (LYV), News (NWSA), Cinemark (CNK), Reading International (RDI), DraftKings (DKNG), Vail Resorts (MTN), Madison Square Garden Sports (MSGS), International Game Technology (IGT), United Parks & Resorts (PRKS), and Super Group (SGHC). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.

Walt Disney vs.

Walt Disney (NYSE:DIS) and Live Nation Entertainment (NYSE:LYV) are both large-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, dividends and community ranking.

Walt Disney presently has a consensus price target of $123.83, indicating a potential upside of 8.36%. Live Nation Entertainment has a consensus price target of $141.53, indicating a potential upside of 3.68%. Given Walt Disney's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Walt Disney is more favorable than Live Nation Entertainment.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Walt Disney
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
18 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.83
Live Nation Entertainment
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
16 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.94

65.7% of Walt Disney shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.5% of Live Nation Entertainment shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Walt Disney shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.7% of Live Nation Entertainment shares are held by company 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.

Walt Disney has a net margin of 5.44% compared to Live Nation Entertainment's net margin of 2.11%. Live Nation Entertainment's return on equity of 77.62% beat Walt Disney's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Walt Disney5.44% 9.21% 4.92%
Live Nation Entertainment 2.11%77.62%2.48%

In the previous week, Walt Disney had 123 more articles in the media than Live Nation Entertainment. MarketBeat recorded 147 mentions for Walt Disney and 24 mentions for Live Nation Entertainment. Walt Disney's average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat Live Nation Entertainment's score of 0.95 indicating that Walt Disney is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Walt Disney
91 Very Positive mention(s)
13 Positive mention(s)
24 Neutral mention(s)
3 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Live Nation Entertainment
9 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Walt Disney received 1330 more outperform votes than Live Nation Entertainment when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 76.01% of users gave Live Nation Entertainment an outperform vote while only 71.26% of users gave Walt Disney an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Walt DisneyOutperform Votes
1986
71.26%
Underperform Votes
801
28.74%
Live Nation EntertainmentOutperform Votes
656
76.01%
Underperform Votes
207
23.99%

Walt Disney has a beta of 1.4, indicating that its stock price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Live Nation Entertainment has a beta of 1.33, indicating that its stock price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Walt Disney has higher revenue and earnings than Live Nation Entertainment. Walt Disney 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Walt Disney$91.36B2.27$4.97B$2.7142.17
Live Nation Entertainment$23.32B1.36$315.84M$0.94145.22

Summary

Walt Disney beats Live Nation Entertainment on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE 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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DIS vs. The Competition

MetricWalt Disneyamusement & recreation services IndustryDiscretionary SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$206.94B$12.16B$8.22B$19.87B
Dividend Yield0.78%2.96%2.75%3.53%
P/E Ratio42.1721.2318.9942.94
Price / Sales2.275.487.5818.99
Price / Cash11.7949.1215.4717.86
Price / Book1.966.765.475.52
Net Income$4.97B$247.20M$265.65M$986.45M
7 Day Performance4.71%-0.91%-1.45%0.45%
1 Month Performance18.21%1.74%-1.94%1.05%
1 Year Performance20.98%10.91%15.42%24.67%

Walt Disney Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
DIS
Walt Disney
4.6365 of 5 stars
$114.27
+1.6%
$123.83
+8.4%
+20.2%$206.94B$91.36B42.17233,000Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
LYV
Live Nation Entertainment
4.2312 of 5 stars
$136.51
+1.5%
$141.53
+3.7%
+52.0%$31.24B$22.75B145.2231,700Analyst Forecast
NWSA
News
4.439 of 5 stars
$29.15
+1.2%
$38.67
+32.6%
+37.0%$16.38B$10.09B47.0223,900
CNK
Cinemark
3.4646 of 5 stars
$32.79
-2.0%
$30.80
-6.1%
+131.6%$4.09B$2.87B21.1517,500Positive News
RDI
Reading International
2.5468 of 5 stars
$1.25
-1.6%
$2.40
+92.0%
-29.8%$28.04M$222.74M-0.662,025Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
High Trading Volume
DKNG
DraftKings
3.8417 of 5 stars
$43.80
+1.4%
$50.85
+16.1%
+13.2%$38.57B$3.67B-49.774,400
MTN
Vail Resorts
4.694 of 5 stars
$176.71
+1.0%
$205.90
+16.5%
-21.9%$6.56B$2.89B29.317,600
MSGS
Madison Square Garden Sports
3.1942 of 5 stars
$224.24
+0.9%
$240.00
+7.0%
+30.3%$5.32B$1.03B77.06533
IGT
International Game Technology
4.0584 of 5 stars
$18.75
-1.2%
$28.67
+52.9%
-30.3%$3.78B$4.31B31.2411,016Analyst Revision
PRKS
United Parks & Resorts
2.902 of 5 stars
$57.31
+2.4%
$62.60
+9.2%
N/A$3.08B$1.73B14.3616,500
SGHC
Super Group
3.3513 of 5 stars
$5.93
-0.3%
$6.33
+6.9%
+86.3%$2.96B$1.55B98.773,700Positive News

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This page (NYSE:DIS) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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