NFLX vs. DIS, CMCSA, NKE, T, SONY, MAR, IQ, CIDM, CNVS, and HLT
Should you be buying Netflix stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Netflix include Walt Disney (DIS), Comcast (CMCSA), NIKE (NKE), AT&T (T), Sony Group (SONY), Marriott International (MAR), iQIYI (IQ), Cinedigm (CIDM), Cineverse (CNVS), and Hilton Worldwide (HLT).
Walt Disney (NYSE:DIS) and Netflix (NASDAQ:NFLX) are both large-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, media sentiment, profitability, community ranking, valuation, risk and institutional ownership.
Walt Disney has a beta of 1.42, indicating that its share price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Netflix has a beta of 1.22, indicating that its share price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Netflix received 902 more outperform votes than Walt Disney when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 71.15% of users gave Walt Disney an outperform vote while only 64.81% of users gave Netflix an outperform vote.
Netflix has a net margin of 18.42% compared to Netflix's net margin of 3.36%. Walt Disney's return on equity of 29.62% beat Netflix's return on equity.
In the previous week, Netflix had 21 more articles in the media than Walt Disney. MarketBeat recorded 99 mentions for Netflix and 78 mentions for Walt Disney. Walt Disney's average media sentiment score of 0.40 beat Netflix's score of 0.39 indicating that Netflix is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Walt Disney presently has a consensus price target of $125.08, suggesting a potential upside of 10.96%. Netflix has a consensus price target of $630.58, suggesting a potential upside of 12.36%. Given Walt Disney's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Netflix is more favorable than Walt Disney.
Netflix has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Walt Disney. Netflix is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Walt Disney, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
65.7% of Walt Disney shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.9% of Netflix shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Walt Disney shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.5% of Netflix shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Netflix beats Walt Disney on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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