MSGS vs. WMG, PLNT, LTH, FUN, SGHC, PRKS, BATRA, RSI, MANU, and BATRK
Should you be buying Madison Square Garden Sports stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Madison Square Garden Sports include Warner Music Group (WMG), Planet Fitness (PLNT), Life Time Group (LTH), Cedar Fair (FUN), Super Group (SGHC), United Parks & Resorts (PRKS), Atlanta Braves (BATRA), Rush Street Interactive (RSI), Manchester United (MANU), and Atlanta Braves (BATRK). These companies are all part of the "entertainment" industry.
Madison Square Garden Sports vs.
Warner Music Group (NASDAQ:WMG) and Madison Square Garden Sports (NYSE:MSGS) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, earnings, community ranking, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment and dividends.
96.9% of Warner Music Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.9% of Madison Square Garden Sports shares are owned by institutional investors. 72.2% of Warner Music Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 22.1% of Madison Square Garden Sports shares are owned by 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.
Warner Music Group has higher revenue and earnings than Madison Square Garden Sports. Warner Music Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Madison Square Garden Sports, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Warner Music Group presently has a consensus target price of $35.81, suggesting a potential upside of 7.46%. Madison Square Garden Sports has a consensus target price of $250.00, suggesting a potential upside of 33.13%. Given Madison Square Garden Sports' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Madison Square Garden Sports is more favorable than Warner Music Group.
Warner Music Group has a net margin of 8.07% compared to Madison Square Garden Sports' net margin of 5.33%. Warner Music Group's return on equity of 79.01% beat Madison Square Garden Sports' return on equity.
In the previous week, Madison Square Garden Sports had 8 more articles in the media than Warner Music Group. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Madison Square Garden Sports and 4 mentions for Warner Music Group. Warner Music Group's average media sentiment score of 0.73 beat Madison Square Garden Sports' score of 0.44 indicating that Warner Music Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Warner Music Group received 43 more outperform votes than Madison Square Garden Sports when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 41.48% of users gave Warner Music Group an outperform vote while only 40.63% of users gave Madison Square Garden Sports an outperform vote.
Warner Music Group has a beta of 1.33, indicating that its stock price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Madison Square Garden Sports has a beta of 0.91, indicating that its stock price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Warner Music Group beats Madison Square Garden Sports on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:MSGS) was last updated on 3/11/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
