SNE vs. SONY, NKE, CMCSA, HLT, LULU, CHTR, RCL, DKNG, EA, and LVS
Should you be buying Sony stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Sony include Sony Group (SONY), NIKE (NKE), Comcast (CMCSA), Hilton Worldwide (HLT), Lululemon Athletica (LULU), Charter Communications (CHTR), Royal Caribbean Cruises (RCL), DraftKings (DKNG), Electronic Arts (EA), and Las Vegas Sands (LVS). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
Sony (NYSE:SNE) and Sony Group (NYSE:SONY) are both large-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking and dividends.
7.8% of Sony shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 14.1% of Sony Group shares are held by institutional investors. 7.0% of Sony shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 7.0% of Sony Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Sony Group had 21 more articles in the media than Sony. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Sony Group and 0 mentions for Sony. Sony Group's average media sentiment score of 0.66 beat Sony's score of 0.00 indicating that Sony Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Sony Group has higher revenue and earnings than Sony. Sony Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sony, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Sony has a net margin of 11.34% compared to Sony Group's net margin of 7.62%. Sony's return on equity of 19.06% beat Sony Group's return on equity.
Sony Group has a consensus price target of $108.00, suggesting a potential upside of 28.45%. Given Sony Group's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Sony Group is more favorable than Sony.
Sony has a beta of 0.93, meaning that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sony Group has a beta of 0.95, meaning that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Sony received 590 more outperform votes than Sony Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.60% of users gave Sony an outperform vote while only 38.89% of users gave Sony Group an outperform vote.
Sony pays an annual dividend of $0.41 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Sony Group pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Sony pays out 9.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Sony Group pays out 7.7% 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.
Summary
Sony Group beats Sony on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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