LYV vs. NWSA, CNK, RDI, DIS, EDR, TKO, WMG, MANU, BATRA, and BOWL
Should you be buying Live Nation Entertainment stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Live Nation Entertainment include News (NWSA), Cinemark (CNK), Reading International (RDI), Walt Disney (DIS), Endeavor Group (EDR), TKO Group (TKO), Warner Music Group (WMG), Manchester United (MANU), Atlanta Braves (BATRA), and Bowlero (BOWL).
News (NASDAQ:NWSA) and Live Nation Entertainment (NYSE:LYV) are both large-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, dividends, community ranking and institutional ownership.
News has a beta of 1.35, meaning that its share price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Live Nation Entertainment has a beta of 1.34, meaning that its share price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500.
News presently has a consensus price target of $29.50, suggesting a potential upside of 8.50%. Live Nation Entertainment has a consensus price target of $115.58, suggesting a potential upside of 23.30%. Given News' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Live Nation Entertainment is more favorable than News.
67.0% of News shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.5% of Live Nation Entertainment shares are owned by institutional investors. 13.6% of News shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.9% of Live Nation Entertainment shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Live Nation Entertainment has a net margin of 2.22% compared to Live Nation Entertainment's net margin of 2.09%. News' return on equity of 90.67% beat Live Nation Entertainment's return on equity.
News received 33 more outperform votes than Live Nation Entertainment when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 75.45% of users gave Live Nation Entertainment an outperform vote while only 73.58% of users gave News an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Live Nation Entertainment had 20 more articles in the media than News. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for Live Nation Entertainment and 5 mentions for News. News' average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat Live Nation Entertainment's score of 0.28 indicating that Live Nation Entertainment is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Live Nation Entertainment has higher revenue and earnings than News. News 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.
Summary
Live Nation Entertainment beats News on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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