Madison Square Garden Sports (NYSE:MSGS) and Alliance MMA (NASDAQ:AMMA) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings and risk.
Risk and Volatility
Madison Square Garden Sports has a beta of 1, suggesting that its share price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.Comparatively, Alliance MMA has a beta of 2.09, suggesting that its share price is 109% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Analyst Ratings
This is a summary of current recommendations for Madison Square Garden Sports and Alliance MMA, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score |
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Madison Square Garden Sports | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 2.90 |
Alliance MMA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A |
Madison Square Garden Sports presently has a consensus target price of $205.8889, suggesting a potential upside of 15.43%. Given Madison Square Garden Sports' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Madison Square Garden Sports is more favorable than Alliance MMA.
Earnings & Valuation
This table compares Madison Square Garden Sports and Alliance MMA's revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio |
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Madison Square Garden Sports | $603.32 million | 7.13 | $-182,390,000.00 | ($4.86) | -36.70 |
Alliance MMA | $4.21 million | 7.15 | $-11,970,000.00 | N/A | N/A |
Alliance MMA has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Madison Square Garden Sports.
Institutional & Insider Ownership
70.3% of Madison Square Garden Sports shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 3.1% of Alliance MMA shares are owned by institutional investors. 21.8% of Madison Square Garden Sports shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Profitability
This table compares Madison Square Garden Sports and Alliance MMA's net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets |
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Madison Square Garden Sports | N/A | -2.36% | -1.05% |
Alliance MMA | -424.58% | -670.32% | -381.53% |
Summary
Madison Square Garden Sports beats Alliance MMA on 8 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.