WMG vs. LYV, EDR, TKO, MANU, BATRA, BOWL, SPHR, NGMS, ACEL, and RSVR
Should you be buying Warner Music Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Warner Music Group include Live Nation Entertainment (LYV), Endeavor Group (EDR), TKO Group (TKO), Manchester United (MANU), Atlanta Braves (BATRA), Bowlero (BOWL), Sphere Entertainment (SPHR), NeoGames (NGMS), Accel Entertainment (ACEL), and Reservoir Media (RSVR). These companies are all part of the "amusement & recreation services" industry.
Warner Music Group (NASDAQ:WMG) and Live Nation Entertainment (NYSE:LYV) are both large-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, community ranking, media sentiment, risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation and earnings.
In the previous week, Live Nation Entertainment had 24 more articles in the media than Warner Music Group. MarketBeat recorded 28 mentions for Live Nation Entertainment and 4 mentions for Warner Music Group. Warner Music Group's average media sentiment score of 1.10 beat Live Nation Entertainment's score of 0.51 indicating that Warner Music Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
96.9% of Warner Music Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.5% of Live Nation Entertainment shares are owned by institutional investors. 73.4% of Warner Music Group 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, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Warner Music Group has a net margin of 8.28% compared to Live Nation Entertainment's net margin of 2.22%. Warner Music Group's return on equity of 120.42% beat Live Nation Entertainment's return on equity.
Warner Music Group currently has a consensus price target of $37.18, suggesting a potential upside of 24.84%. Live Nation Entertainment has a consensus price target of $115.58, suggesting a potential upside of 23.30%. Given Warner Music Group's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Warner Music Group is more favorable than Live Nation Entertainment.
Warner Music Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Live Nation Entertainment. Warner Music Group 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.
Warner Music Group has a beta of 1.43, indicating that its stock price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Live Nation Entertainment has a beta of 1.34, indicating that its stock price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Live Nation Entertainment received 588 more outperform votes than Warner Music Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.45% of users gave Live Nation Entertainment an outperform vote while only 38.18% of users gave Warner Music Group an outperform vote.
Summary
Warner Music Group beats Live Nation Entertainment on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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