NFLX vs. CMCSA, NKE, T, SONY, IQ, CIDM, CNVS, MAR, HLT, and LULU
Should you be buying Netflix stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Netflix include Comcast (CMCSA), NIKE (NKE), AT&T (T), Sony Group (SONY), iQIYI (IQ), Cinedigm (CIDM), Cineverse (CNVS), Marriott International (MAR), Hilton Worldwide (HLT), and Lululemon Athletica (LULU).
Netflix (NASDAQ:NFLX) and Comcast (NASDAQ:CMCSA) 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 institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, valuation, risk, community ranking, profitability, earnings and analyst recommendations.
Netflix received 1590 more outperform votes than Comcast when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 78.55% of users gave Comcast an outperform vote while only 64.81% of users gave Netflix an outperform vote.
Netflix currently has a consensus target price of $630.53, suggesting a potential downside of 0.05%. Comcast has a consensus target price of $49.33, suggesting a potential upside of 27.66%. Given Comcast's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Comcast is more favorable than Netflix.
Netflix has a beta of 1.23, meaning that its share price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Comcast has a beta of 0.99, meaning that its share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Comcast has higher revenue and earnings than Netflix. Comcast is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Netflix, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Netflix has a net margin of 18.42% compared to Comcast's net margin of 12.64%. Netflix's return on equity of 29.62% beat Comcast's return on equity.
In the previous week, Netflix had 60 more articles in the media than Comcast. MarketBeat recorded 86 mentions for Netflix and 26 mentions for Comcast. Comcast's average media sentiment score of 0.56 beat Netflix's score of 0.45 indicating that Comcast is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
80.9% of Netflix shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.3% of Comcast shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.8% of Netflix shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of Comcast shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Netflix beats Comcast on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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