SNE vs. SONY, VZIO, SONO, KN, ARLO, UEIC, GNSS, KOSS, SYNX, and IMTE
Should you be buying Sony stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Sony include Sony Group (SONY), VIZIO (VZIO), Sonos (SONO), Knowles (KN), Arlo Technologies (ARLO), Universal Electronics (UEIC), Genasys (GNSS), Koss (KOSS), Silynxcom (SYNX), and Integrated Media Technology (IMTE).
Sony (NYSE:SNE) and Sony Group (NYSE:SONY) are both large-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership and risk.
Sony Group has higher revenue and earnings than Sony. Sony Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sony, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
7.8% of Sony shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 14.1% of Sony Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.0% of Sony shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.0% of Sony Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Sony received 588 more outperform votes than Sony Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.60% of users gave Sony an outperform vote while only 42.11% of users gave Sony Group an outperform vote.
Sony has a beta of 0.93, suggesting that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sony Group has a beta of 0.95, suggesting that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Sony pays an annual dividend of $0.41 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Sony Group pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. Sony pays out 9.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Sony Group pays out 3.7% 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.
In the previous week, Sony Group had 21 more articles in the media than Sony. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Sony Group and 0 mentions for Sony. Sony Group's average media sentiment score of 0.54 beat Sony's score of 0.00 indicating that Sony Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Sony Group has a consensus target price of $108.00, suggesting a potential upside of 31.16%. Given Sony Group's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Sony Group is more favorable than Sony.
Sony has a net margin of 11.34% compared to Sony Group's net margin of 7.95%. Sony's return on equity of 19.06% beat Sony Group's return on equity.
Summary
Sony Group beats Sony on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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