FOXA vs. PARAA, FOX, PARA, NXST, EDU, POOL, NWS, FWONA, SNA, and NWSA
Should you be buying FOX stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of FOX include Paramount Global (PARAA), FOX (FOX), Paramount Global (PARA), Nexstar Media Group (NXST), New Oriental Education & Technology Group (EDU), Pool (POOL), News (NWS), Formula One Group (FWONA), Snap-on (SNA), and News (NWSA). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
Paramount Global (NASDAQ:PARAA) and FOX (NASDAQ:FOXA) are both large-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, valuation, earnings, community ranking and dividends.
In the previous week, Paramount Global had 3 more articles in the media than FOX. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Paramount Global and 11 mentions for FOX. Paramount Global's average media sentiment score of 0.80 beat FOX's score of 0.20 indicating that FOX is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Paramount Global has a beta of 1.67, suggesting that its stock price is 67% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, FOX has a beta of 0.78, suggesting that its stock price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500.
6.0% of Paramount Global shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.5% of FOX shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.7% of Paramount Global shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 21.8% of FOX shares are owned by company 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 lower revenue, but higher earnings than Paramount Global. Paramount Global is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than FOX, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
FOX has a consensus price target of $33.40, suggesting a potential upside of 8.55%. Given Paramount Global's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe FOX is more favorable than Paramount Global.
FOX received 964 more outperform votes than Paramount Global when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.27% of users gave FOX an outperform vote while only 50.00% of users gave Paramount Global an outperform vote.
FOX has a net margin of 5.75% compared to FOX's net margin of -2.05%. Paramount Global's return on equity of 15.81% beat FOX's return on equity.
Paramount Global pays an annual dividend of 0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. FOX pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Paramount Global pays out -19.6% 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 raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years. FOX is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Summary
FOX beats Paramount Global on 16 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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