SPHR vs. NGMS, BOWL, ACEL, RSVR, MANU, BV, GES, AMC, CAL, and MCRI
Should you be buying Sphere Entertainment stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Sphere Entertainment include NeoGames (NGMS), Bowlero (BOWL), Accel Entertainment (ACEL), Reservoir Media (RSVR), Manchester United (MANU), BrightView (BV), Guess? (GES), AMC Entertainment (AMC), Caleres (CAL), and Monarch Casino & Resort (MCRI). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
NeoGames (NASDAQ:NGMS) and Sphere Entertainment (NYSE:SPHR) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, dividends, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership, profitability and earnings.
In the previous week, Sphere Entertainment had 3 more articles in the media than NeoGames. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Sphere Entertainment and 0 mentions for NeoGames. NeoGames' average media sentiment score of 0.52 beat Sphere Entertainment's score of 0.00 indicating that Sphere Entertainment is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Sphere Entertainment has higher revenue and earnings than NeoGames. NeoGames is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sphere Entertainment, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Sphere Entertainment has a net margin of 43.36% compared to Sphere Entertainment's net margin of -9.54%. Sphere Entertainment's return on equity of 9.15% beat NeoGames' return on equity.
NeoGames has a beta of 1.14, indicating that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sphere Entertainment has a beta of 1.46, indicating that its stock price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500.
NeoGames currently has a consensus target price of $29.50, suggesting a potential upside of 0.17%. Sphere Entertainment has a consensus target price of $35.60, suggesting a potential upside of 0.85%. Given NeoGames' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Sphere Entertainment is more favorable than NeoGames.
29.7% of NeoGames shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.0% of Sphere Entertainment shares are held by institutional investors. 27.8% of NeoGames shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 24.5% of Sphere Entertainment shares are held 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.
NeoGames received 13 more outperform votes than Sphere Entertainment when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 41.46% of users gave NeoGames an outperform vote while only 22.22% of users gave Sphere Entertainment an outperform vote.
Summary
Sphere Entertainment beats NeoGames on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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