Light & Wonder (LNW) Competitors

Light & Wonder (NASDAQ:LNW) and CoreWeave, Inc. Class A Common Stock (NASDAQ:CRWV) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, institutional ownership and valuation.

Do analysts recommend LNW or CRWV?

Light & Wonder currently has a consensus price target of $106.82, indicating a potential upside of 28.15%. CoreWeave, Inc. Class A Common Stock has a consensus price target of $58.44, indicating a potential downside of 45.99%. Given Light & Wonder's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Light & Wonder is more favorable than CoreWeave, Inc. Class A Common Stock.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Light & Wonder	1 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.79
CoreWeave, Inc. Class A Common Stock	1 Sell rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.44

Does the media prefer LNW or CRWV?

In the previous week, CoreWeave, Inc. Class A Common Stock had 68 more articles in the media than Light & Wonder. MarketBeat recorded 76 mentions for CoreWeave, Inc. Class A Common Stock and 8 mentions for Light & Wonder. Light & Wonder's average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat CoreWeave, Inc. Class A Common Stock's score of 0.51 indicating that Light & Wonder is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Light & Wonder	5 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
CoreWeave, Inc. Class A Common Stock	25 Very Positive mention(s)	7 Positive mention(s)	25 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is LNW or CRWV more profitable?

Light & Wonder has a net margin of 9.30% compared to CoreWeave, Inc. Class A Common Stock's net margin of 0.00%. Light & Wonder's return on equity of 49.91% beat CoreWeave, Inc. Class A Common Stock's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Light & Wonder	9.30%	49.91%	7.27%
CoreWeave, Inc. Class A Common Stock	N/A	N/A	N/A

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer LNW or CRWV?

Light & Wonder received 20 more outperform votes than CoreWeave, Inc. Class A Common Stock when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 41.94% of users gave CoreWeave, Inc. Class A Common Stock an outperform vote while only 40.74% of users gave Light & Wonder an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Light & Wonder	Outperform Votes 33 40.74%	Underperform Votes 48 59.26%
CoreWeave, Inc. Class A Common Stock	Outperform Votes 13 41.94%	Underperform Votes 18 58.06%

Which has higher valuation & earnings, LNW or CRWV?

Light & Wonder has higher revenue and earnings than CoreWeave, Inc. Class A Common Stock.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Light & Wonder	$3.21B	2.19	$163M	$3.75	22.23
CoreWeave, Inc. Class A Common Stock	$1.92B	26.22	N/A	N/A	N/A

Do insiders & institutionals believe in LNW or CRWV?

88.1% of Light & Wonder shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.2% of Light & Wonder shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Light & Wonder beats CoreWeave, Inc. Class A Common Stock on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.