LGF.A vs. CUK, LRN, MANU, STRA, ATAT, PENN, SPB, LEG, CENTA, and CMPR
Should you be buying Lions Gate Entertainment stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lions Gate Entertainment include Carnival Co. & (CUK), Stride (LRN), Manchester United (MANU), Strategic Education (STRA), Atour Lifestyle (ATAT), PENN Entertainment (PENN), Spectrum Brands (SPB), Leggett & Platt (LEG), Central Garden & Pet (CENTA), and Cimpress (CMPR). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
Carnival Co. & (NYSE:CUK) and Lions Gate Entertainment (NYSE:LGF.A) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, community ranking and media sentiment.
In the previous week, Carnival Co. & had 8 more articles in the media than Lions Gate Entertainment. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Carnival Co. & and 0 mentions for Lions Gate Entertainment. Carnival Co. &'s average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Lions Gate Entertainment's score of 0.00 indicating that Lions Gate Entertainment is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Lions Gate Entertainment received 21 more outperform votes than Carnival Co. & when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.66% of users gave Carnival Co. & an outperform vote while only 64.46% of users gave Lions Gate Entertainment an outperform vote.
Carnival Co. & has a net margin of 1.79% compared to Carnival Co. &'s net margin of -29.12%. Carnival Co. &'s return on equity of 24.69% beat Lions Gate Entertainment's return on equity.
23.8% of Carnival Co. & shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 34.1% of Lions Gate Entertainment shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Carnival Co. & shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 21.3% of Lions Gate Entertainment shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Carnival Co. & has higher revenue and earnings than Lions Gate Entertainment. Lions Gate Entertainment is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Carnival Co. &, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Carnival Co. & has a beta of 2.59, indicating that its stock price is 159% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lions Gate Entertainment has a beta of 1.3, indicating that its stock price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Lions Gate Entertainment has a consensus target price of $10.50, suggesting a potential upside of 0.38%. Given Carnival Co. &'s higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Lions Gate Entertainment is more favorable than Carnival Co. &.
Summary
Carnival Co. & beats Lions Gate Entertainment on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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