FOX vs. FOXA, PARAA, PARA, NXST, HTHT, MGM, WYNN, RL, TKO, and FWONA
Should you be buying FOX stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of FOX include FOX (FOXA), Paramount Global (PARAA), Paramount Global (PARA), Nexstar Media Group (NXST), H World Group (HTHT), MGM Resorts International (MGM), Wynn Resorts (WYNN), Ralph Lauren (RL), TKO Group (TKO), and Formula One Group (FWONA). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
FOX (NASDAQ:FOXA) and FOX (NASDAQ:FOX) are both large-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, risk and dividends.
FOX pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. FOX pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. FOX pays out 30.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. FOX pays out 30.8% 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. FOX has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years and FOX has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years.
55.9% of FOX shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 24.6% of FOX shares are owned by institutional investors. 21.8% of FOX shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 19.2% of FOX shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
FOX has a beta of 0.78, meaning that its stock price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, FOX has a beta of 0.84, meaning that its stock price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500.
FOX received 593 more outperform votes than FOX when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.27% of users gave FOX an outperform vote while only 62.54% of users gave FOX an outperform vote.
FOX currently has a consensus price target of $33.45, suggesting a potential upside of 12.26%. FOX has a consensus price target of $35.00, suggesting a potential upside of 29.15%. Given FOX's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe FOX is more favorable than FOX.
In the previous week, FOX had 60 more articles in the media than FOX. MarketBeat recorded 93 mentions for FOX and 33 mentions for FOX. FOX's average media sentiment score of 0.31 beat FOX's score of 0.20 indicating that FOX is being referred to more favorably in the media.
FOX is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than FOX, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
FOX beats FOX on 8 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.
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