WMG vs. TKO, EDR, LYV, CCL, WBD, IHG, H, FOXA, FWONA, and K
Should you be buying Warner Music Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Warner Music Group include TKO Group (TKO), Endeavor Group (EDR), Live Nation Entertainment (LYV), Carnival Co. & (CCL), Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG), Hyatt Hotels (H), FOX (FOXA), Formula One Group (FWONA), and Kellanova (K). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
Warner Music Group (NASDAQ:WMG) and TKO Group (NYSE:TKO) are both large-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, community ranking, risk, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability and analyst recommendations.
Warner Music Group received 25 more outperform votes than TKO Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 80.95% of users gave TKO Group an outperform vote while only 38.18% of users gave Warner Music Group an outperform vote.
In the previous week, TKO Group had 3 more articles in the media than Warner Music Group. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for TKO Group and 9 mentions for Warner Music Group. Warner Music Group's average media sentiment score of 0.37 beat TKO Group's score of 0.27 indicating that Warner Music Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Warner Music Group pays an annual dividend of $0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. TKO Group pays an annual dividend of $0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. Warner Music Group pays out 77.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. TKO Group pays out 35.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Warner Music Group has higher revenue and earnings than TKO Group. Warner Music Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than TKO Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Warner Music Group has a beta of 1.43, meaning that its share price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TKO Group has a beta of 1.03, meaning that its share price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Warner Music Group presently has a consensus target price of $37.18, indicating a potential upside of 4.28%. TKO Group has a consensus target price of $108.31, indicating a potential upside of 10.18%. Given TKO Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe TKO Group is more favorable than Warner Music Group.
Warner Music Group has a net margin of 7.42% compared to TKO Group's net margin of 3.02%. Warner Music Group's return on equity of 128.86% beat TKO Group's return on equity.
96.9% of Warner Music Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.8% of TKO Group shares are held by institutional investors. 73.4% of Warner Music Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 53.8% of TKO Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Warner Music Group beats TKO Group on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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