NFLX vs. T, BKNG, EXPE, DISCA, TRIP, GRPN, FLWS, CIDM, PETS, and PRTS
Should you be buying Netflix stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Netflix include AT&T (T), Booking (BKNG), Expedia Group (EXPE), Warner Bros. Discovery (DISCA), Tripadvisor (TRIP), Groupon (GRPN), 1-800-FLOWERS.COM (FLWS), Cinedigm (CIDM), PetMed Express (PETS), and CarParts.com (PRTS).
AT&T (NYSE:T) and Netflix (NASDAQ:NFLX) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, risk, community ranking, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership and profitability.
Netflix has a net margin of 19.54% compared to Netflix's net margin of 10.41%. AT&T's return on equity of 32.93% beat Netflix's return on equity.
57.1% of AT&T shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.9% of Netflix shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of AT&T shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of Netflix shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
AT&T has a beta of 0.58, indicating that its stock price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Netflix has a beta of 1.27, indicating that its stock price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Netflix received 1444 more outperform votes than AT&T when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.93% of users gave AT&T an outperform vote while only 64.86% of users gave Netflix an outperform vote.
AT&T has higher revenue and earnings than Netflix. AT&T is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Netflix, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Netflix had 10 more articles in the media than AT&T. MarketBeat recorded 81 mentions for Netflix and 71 mentions for AT&T. AT&T's average media sentiment score of 0.62 beat Netflix's score of 0.38 indicating that Netflix is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
AT&T currently has a consensus price target of $22.33, indicating a potential upside of 17.48%. Netflix has a consensus price target of $681.21, indicating a potential upside of 7.89%. Given Netflix's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe AT&T is more favorable than Netflix.
Summary
Netflix beats AT&T on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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