Sony (SNE) Competitors

Sony (NYSE:SNE) and Knowles (NYSE:KN) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership and dividends.

Do analysts prefer SNE or KN?

Knowles has a consensus price target of $18.00, indicating a potential upside of 23.20%. Given Knowles' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Knowles is more favorable than Sony.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Sony	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Knowles	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of SNE or KN?

7.8% of Sony shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.3% of Knowles shares are held by institutional investors. 7.0% of Sony shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.5% of Knowles shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility & risk, SNE or KN?

Sony has a beta of 0.93, indicating that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Knowles has a beta of 1.41, indicating that its share price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, SNE or KN?

Sony has higher revenue and earnings than Knowles. Knowles is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sony, 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
Sony	$75.99B	0.37	$5.36B	$4.24	5.41
Knowles	$553.50M	2.31	-$237.80M	-$2.65	-5.51

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in SNE or KN?

Sony received 225 more outperform votes than Knowles when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.60% of users gave Sony an outperform vote while only 62.54% of users gave Knowles an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Sony	Outperform Votes 604 72.60%	Underperform Votes 228 27.40%
Knowles	Outperform Votes 379 62.54%	Underperform Votes 227 37.46%

Is SNE or KN more profitable?

Sony has a net margin of 11.34% compared to Knowles' net margin of -34.66%. Sony's return on equity of 19.06% beat Knowles' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Sony	11.34%	19.06%	3.99%
Knowles	-34.66%	5.52%	3.70%

Does the media refer more to SNE or KN?

In the previous week, Knowles had 19 more articles in the media than Sony. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Knowles and 0 mentions for Sony. Knowles' average media sentiment score of 0.85 beat Sony's score of 0.00 indicating that Knowles is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Sony	Neutral
Knowles	Positive

Summary

Sony beats Knowles on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.