TKO vs. LYV, EDR, WMG, MANU, BATRA, BOWL, SPHR, NGMS, ACEL, and RSVR
Should you be buying TKO Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of TKO Group include Live Nation Entertainment (LYV), Endeavor Group (EDR), Warner Music Group (WMG), 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.
TKO Group (NYSE:TKO) and Live Nation Entertainment (NYSE:LYV) are both large-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation and risk.
TKO Group has a beta of 1.02, suggesting that its share price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Live Nation Entertainment has a beta of 1.35, suggesting that its share price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Live Nation Entertainment had 5 more articles in the media than TKO Group. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Live Nation Entertainment and 5 mentions for TKO Group. TKO Group's average media sentiment score of 1.69 beat Live Nation Entertainment's score of 1.68 indicating that TKO Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
TKO Group presently has a consensus target price of $113.46, indicating a potential upside of 5.13%. Live Nation Entertainment has a consensus target price of $115.58, indicating a potential upside of 28.78%. Given Live Nation Entertainment's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Live Nation Entertainment is more favorable than TKO Group.
89.8% of TKO Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.5% of Live Nation Entertainment shares are held by institutional investors. 53.8% of TKO Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.9% of Live Nation Entertainment shares are held 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.
Live Nation Entertainment received 610 more outperform votes than TKO Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 83.33% of users gave TKO Group an outperform vote while only 75.45% of users gave Live Nation Entertainment an outperform vote.
Live Nation Entertainment has a net margin of 2.22% compared to TKO Group's net margin of -4.14%. Live Nation Entertainment's return on equity of 90.67% beat TKO Group's return on equity.
Live Nation Entertainment has higher revenue and earnings than TKO Group. TKO 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.
Summary
Live Nation Entertainment beats TKO Group on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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