FOXA vs. FOX, PARAA, PARA, NXST, FWONA, H, NWS, POOL, NWSA, and IHG
Should you be buying FOX stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of FOX include FOX (FOX), Paramount Global (PARAA), Paramount Global (PARA), Nexstar Media Group (NXST), Formula One Group (FWONA), Hyatt Hotels (H), News (NWS), Pool (POOL), News (NWSA), and InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
FOX (NASDAQ:FOX) and FOX (NASDAQ:FOXA) are both large-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, valuation, risk, dividends, media sentiment and earnings.
FOX has a beta of 0.82, meaning that its share price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, FOX has a beta of 0.77, meaning that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500.
FOX is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than FOX, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
26.4% of FOX shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.5% of FOX shares are held by institutional investors. 19.2% of FOX shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 21.8% of FOX shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
FOX has a consensus target price of $33.40, indicating a potential upside of 4.02%. Given FOX's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe FOX is more favorable than FOX.
In the previous week, FOX had 72 more articles in the media than FOX. MarketBeat recorded 89 mentions for FOX and 17 mentions for FOX. FOX's average media sentiment score of 0.64 beat FOX's score of -0.16 indicating that FOX is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
FOX pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. FOX pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. FOX pays out 30.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. FOX pays out 30.8% 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. FOX has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years and FOX has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years.
FOX received 596 more outperform votes than FOX when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.27% of users gave FOX an outperform vote while only 62.54% of users gave FOX an outperform vote.
Summary
FOX beats FOX on 9 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.
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