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DraftKings (DKNG) Competitors

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$37.98 +0.10 (+0.26%)
As of 06/12/2025 04:00 PM Eastern

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.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
TKO Group
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
12 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.93
DraftKings
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
27 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.96

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
TKO Group$2.85B11.39$208.18M$1.9783.30
DraftKings$5.00B6.75-$507.29M-$0.83-45.76

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.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
TKO Group
7 Very Positive mention(s)
6 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
DraftKings
8 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
TKO GroupOutperform Votes
50
80.65%
Underperform Votes
12
19.35%
DraftKingsOutperform Votes
347
66.86%
Underperform Votes
172
33.14%

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
TKO Group-1.26% 3.39% 2.32%
DraftKings -10.64%-48.13%-12.24%

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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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding DKNG and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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DKNG vs. The Competition

MetricDraftKingsamusement & recreation services IndustryDiscretionary SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$33.78B$12.10B$7.98B$8.62B
Dividend YieldN/A3.51%3.19%4.17%
P/E Ratio-35.8332.3815.1319.96
Price / Sales6.756.623.73157.63
Price / CashN/A51.7116.3734.64
Price / Book18.4413.904.824.69
Net Income-$507.29M$260.84M$257.95M$248.14M
7 Day Performance6.06%0.14%0.68%0.95%
1 Month Performance0.80%-6.26%3.31%5.74%
1 Year Performance-2.57%3.78%1.50%14.73%

DraftKings Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
DKNG
DraftKings
4.2285 of 5 stars
$37.98
+0.3%
$54.41
+43.3%
-2.3%$33.78B$5.00B-35.834,200
TKO
TKO Group
2.9496 of 5 stars
$164.55
+0.7%
$168.08
+2.1%
+52.0%$32.56B$2.85B-391.781,250
EDR
Endeavor Group
N/A$30.05
+4.2%
N/A+11.9%$20.62B$7.11B-14.661,120High Trading Volume
WMG
Warner Music Group
4.463 of 5 stars
$26.70
+1.9%
$33.95
+27.1%
-13.4%$13.92B$6.33B27.256,200
PLNT
Planet Fitness
3.8638 of 5 stars
$102.09
-0.5%
$105.11
+3.0%
+43.3%$8.59B$1.21B54.882,800Positive News
Analyst Forecast
LTH
Life Time Group
3.7706 of 5 stars
$27.77
-1.0%
$35.92
+29.4%
+56.2%$6.09B$2.73B40.2430,000Insider Trade
SGHC
Super Group
3.9814 of 5 stars
$9.29
+0.6%
$11.50
+23.9%
+173.5%$4.67B$1.87B154.784,000Positive News
Analyst Forecast
MSGS
Madison Square Garden Sports
3.2365 of 5 stars
$192.01
+1.1%
$252.60
+31.6%
+1.1%$4.61B$1.06B81.02890
FUN
Cedar Fair
4.0537 of 5 stars
$32.71
+2.8%
$49.20
+50.4%
-32.0%$3.31B$2.81B-51.113,350
RSI
Rush Street Interactive
2.1692 of 5 stars
$13.71
+1.1%
$15.63
+14.0%
+51.3%$3.14B$969.06M-685.25470Insider Trade
MANU
Manchester United
0.9642 of 5 stars
$17.04
+0.1%
$20.75
+21.8%
+0.6%$2.88B$620.67M-16.701,040Earnings Report

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This page (NASDAQ:DKNG) was last updated on 6/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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