DKNG vs. TKO, EDR, WMG, PLNT, LTH, SGHC, MSGS, FUN, RSI, and MANU
Should you be buying DraftKings stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of DraftKings include TKO Group (TKO), Endeavor Group (EDR), Warner Music Group (WMG), Planet Fitness (PLNT), Life Time Group (LTH), Super Group (SGHC), Madison Square Garden Sports (MSGS), Cedar Fair (FUN), Rush Street Interactive (RSI), and Manchester United (MANU). These companies are all part of the "entertainment" industry.
DraftKings vs. Its Competitors
TKO Group (NYSE:TKO) and DraftKings (NASDAQ:DKNG) are both large-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk and earnings.
TKO Group currently has a consensus target price of $168.08, suggesting a potential upside of 2.42%. DraftKings has a consensus target price of $54.41, suggesting a potential upside of 43.27%. Given DraftKings' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe DraftKings is more favorable than TKO Group.
TKO Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than DraftKings. DraftKings is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than TKO Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, TKO Group had 4 more articles in the media than DraftKings. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for TKO Group and 17 mentions for DraftKings. DraftKings' average media sentiment score of 0.89 beat TKO Group's score of 0.72 indicating that DraftKings is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
TKO Group has a beta of 0.7, meaning that its stock price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DraftKings has a beta of 1.63, meaning that its stock price is 63% more volatile than the S&P 500.
DraftKings received 297 more outperform votes than TKO Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 80.65% of users gave TKO Group an outperform vote while only 66.86% of users gave DraftKings an outperform vote.
TKO Group has a net margin of -1.26% compared to DraftKings' net margin of -10.64%. TKO Group's return on equity of 3.39% beat DraftKings' return on equity.
89.8% of TKO Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 37.7% of DraftKings shares are owned by institutional investors. 53.8% of TKO Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 51.2% of DraftKings shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
TKO Group beats DraftKings on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:DKNG) was last updated on 6/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff