SONY vs. MAR, NKE, HLT, CMCSA, LULU, CHTR, DKNG, RCL, TCOM, and LVS
Should you be buying Sony Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Sony Group include Marriott International (MAR), NIKE (NKE), Hilton Worldwide (HLT), Comcast (CMCSA), Lululemon Athletica (LULU), Charter Communications (CHTR), DraftKings (DKNG), Royal Caribbean Cruises (RCL), Trip.com Group (TCOM), and Las Vegas Sands (LVS). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
Marriott International (NASDAQ:MAR) and Sony Group (NYSE:SONY) 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.
Marriott International has a net margin of 12.00% compared to Marriott International's net margin of 7.95%. Marriott International's return on equity of 13.23% beat Sony Group's return on equity.
Marriott International received 815 more outperform votes than Sony Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.94% of users gave Marriott International an outperform vote while only 40.54% of users gave Sony Group an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Sony Group had 7 more articles in the media than Marriott International. MarketBeat recorded 29 mentions for Sony Group and 22 mentions for Marriott International. Sony Group's average media sentiment score of 0.64 beat Marriott International's score of 0.46 indicating that Marriott International is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Marriott International presently has a consensus price target of $241.33, suggesting a potential upside of 1.52%. Sony Group has a consensus price target of $108.00, suggesting a potential upside of 28.96%. Given Marriott International's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Sony Group is more favorable than Marriott International.
Sony Group has higher revenue and earnings than Marriott International. Sony Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Marriott International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Marriott International has a beta of 1.61, suggesting that its stock price is 61% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sony Group has a beta of 0.95, suggesting that its stock price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500.
70.7% of Marriott International shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 14.1% of Sony Group shares are held by institutional investors. 12.3% of Marriott International shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 7.0% of Sony Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Marriott International pays an annual dividend of $2.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Sony Group pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Marriott International pays out 21.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Sony Group pays out 7.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Marriott International has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Sony Group has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years.
Summary
Marriott International beats Sony Group on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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