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Walt Disney (DIS) Competitors

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$112.03 +0.66 (+0.59%)
(As of 12/20/2024 05:45 PM ET)

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

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), Super Group (SGHC), and Rush Street Interactive (RSI). 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 contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations and profitability.

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%

Walt Disney presently has a consensus target price of $123.58, indicating a potential upside of 10.31%. Live Nation Entertainment has a consensus target price of $145.40, indicating a potential upside of 9.09%. Given Walt Disney's higher possible upside, analysts plainly 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)
6 Hold rating(s)
18 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.80
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 owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.5% of Live Nation Entertainment shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Walt Disney shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.7% of Live Nation Entertainment shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

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$91.36B2.22$4.97B$2.7141.34
Live Nation Entertainment$23.32B1.33$315.84M$0.94141.79

In the previous week, Walt Disney had 46 more articles in the media than Live Nation Entertainment. MarketBeat recorded 64 mentions for Walt Disney and 18 mentions for Live Nation Entertainment. Live Nation Entertainment's average media sentiment score of 1.13 beat Walt Disney's score of 0.50 indicating that Live Nation Entertainment is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Walt Disney
15 Very Positive mention(s)
12 Positive mention(s)
25 Neutral mention(s)
9 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Live Nation Entertainment
8 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Walt Disney received 1327 more outperform votes than Live Nation Entertainment when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 76.12% of users gave Live Nation Entertainment an outperform vote while only 71.24% of users gave Walt Disney an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Walt DisneyOutperform Votes
1987
71.24%
Underperform Votes
802
28.76%
Live Nation EntertainmentOutperform Votes
660
76.12%
Underperform Votes
207
23.88%

Walt Disney has a beta of 1.42, indicating that its share price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Live Nation Entertainment has a beta of 1.37, indicating that its share price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Walt Disney beats Live Nation Entertainment on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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DIS vs. The Competition

MetricWalt Disneyamusement & recreation services IndustryDiscretionary SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$202.88B$11.87B$8.40B$19.19B
Dividend Yield0.78%2.88%2.79%3.57%
P/E Ratio41.3425.5318.2741.24
Price / Sales2.2210.988.6717.58
Price / Cash11.7450.5333.4521.28
Price / Book1.936.885.565.32
Net Income$4.97B$247.20M$267.23M$989.67M
7 Day Performance-1.14%-1.19%-2.11%-3.59%
1 Month Performance-1.96%6.24%0.82%-2.48%
1 Year Performance22.71%25.02%11.66%13.87%

Walt Disney Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
DIS
Walt Disney
4.8285 of 5 stars
$112.03
+0.6%
$123.58
+10.3%
+22.7%$201.68B$91.36B41.34233,000Short Interest ↓
LYV
Live Nation Entertainment
4.0275 of 5 stars
$137.10
+0.8%
$144.33
+5.3%
+47.0%$31.86B$23.32B144.6331,700Analyst Forecast
Positive News
NWSA
News
4.2068 of 5 stars
$28.80
+0.7%
$40.33
+40.0%
+19.0%$16.38B$10.16B46.1523,900Analyst Downgrade
CNK
Cinemark
3.0489 of 5 stars
$31.80
-1.1%
$32.80
+3.1%
+118.0%$3.89B$2.87B20.6617,500Positive News
RDI
Reading International
1.8521 of 5 stars
$1.49
-3.2%
$2.40
+61.1%
-30.1%$33.42M$197.27M-0.822,025Analyst Forecast
DKNG
DraftKings
4.499 of 5 stars
$39.70
-0.5%
$51.00
+28.5%
+17.7%$34.96B$4.61B-45.324,400
MTN
Vail Resorts
4.2268 of 5 stars
$193.73
+1.7%
$205.50
+6.1%
-16.7%$7.25B$2.89B31.637,600
MSGS
Madison Square Garden Sports
1.7775 of 5 stars
$237.35
+0.9%
$240.00
+1.1%
+27.9%$5.69B$1.04B80.81533
IGT
International Game Technology
4.3658 of 5 stars
$18.48
-1.2%
$28.67
+55.1%
-36.6%$3.68B$4.32B30.8011,016
SGHC
Super Group
3.1929 of 5 stars
$6.83
+1.2%
$8.00
+17.1%
+117.7%$3.40B$1.55B112.523,700Positive News
RSI
Rush Street Interactive
1.7055 of 5 stars
$13.90
+2.4%
$12.43
-10.6%
+218.6%$3.14B$863.77M-678.50820News Coverage
Positive News

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This page (NYSE:DIS) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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