WBD vs. RCI, ROKU, LBRDA, LBRDK, LBTYK, LBTYA, CHTR, EDR, WMG, and TKO
Should you be buying Warner Bros. Discovery stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Warner Bros. Discovery include Rogers Communications (RCI), Roku (ROKU), Liberty Broadband (LBRDA), Liberty Broadband (LBRDK), Liberty Global (LBTYK), Liberty Global (LBTYA), Charter Communications (CHTR), Endeavor Group (EDR), Warner Music Group (WMG), and TKO Group (TKO). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
Rogers Communications (NYSE:RCI) and Warner Bros. Discovery (NASDAQ:WBD) are both large-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, risk and earnings.
Rogers Communications has a beta of 0.62, suggesting that its share price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Warner Bros. Discovery has a beta of 1.51, suggesting that its share price is 51% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Warner Bros. Discovery had 14 more articles in the media than Rogers Communications. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Warner Bros. Discovery and 2 mentions for Rogers Communications. Warner Bros. Discovery's average media sentiment score of 0.60 beat Rogers Communications' score of 0.03 indicating that Rogers Communications is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Rogers Communications has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Warner Bros. Discovery. Warner Bros. Discovery is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Rogers Communications, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Rogers Communications presently has a consensus target price of $46.00, indicating a potential upside of 17.92%. Warner Bros. Discovery has a consensus target price of $13.83, indicating a potential upside of 78.04%. Given Rogers Communications' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Warner Bros. Discovery is more favorable than Rogers Communications.
Rogers Communications has a net margin of 2.90% compared to Rogers Communications' net margin of -7.57%. Warner Bros. Discovery's return on equity of 21.92% beat Rogers Communications' return on equity.
Rogers Communications received 373 more outperform votes than Warner Bros. Discovery when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 56.82% of users gave Rogers Communications an outperform vote while only 42.17% of users gave Warner Bros. Discovery an outperform vote.
45.5% of Rogers Communications shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 60.0% of Warner Bros. Discovery shares are held by institutional investors. 29.0% of Rogers Communications shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of Warner Bros. Discovery shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Rogers Communications beats Warner Bros. Discovery on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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