PLTK vs. TGNA, STRA, ATAT, SPB, PTVE, CABO, PENN, CENTA, LEG, and LRN
Should you be buying Playtika stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Playtika include TEGNA (TGNA), Strategic Education (STRA), Atour Lifestyle (ATAT), Spectrum Brands (SPB), Pactiv Evergreen (PTVE), Cable One (CABO), PENN Entertainment (PENN), Central Garden & Pet (CENTA), Leggett & Platt (LEG), and Stride (LRN). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
TEGNA (NYSE:TGNA) and Playtika (NASDAQ:PLTK) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, institutional ownership and profitability.
TEGNA has a net margin of 16.38% compared to TEGNA's net margin of 9.15%. Playtika's return on equity of 12.41% beat TEGNA's return on equity.
TEGNA pays an annual dividend of $0.46 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Playtika pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.7%. TEGNA pays out 20.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Playtika pays out 62.5% 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. TEGNA has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years.
TEGNA has higher revenue and earnings than Playtika. TEGNA is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Playtika, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
TEGNA has a beta of 0.49, meaning that its stock price is 51% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Playtika has a beta of 0.85, meaning that its stock price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500.
92.2% of TEGNA shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 11.9% of Playtika shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of TEGNA shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.2% of Playtika shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
TEGNA received 407 more outperform votes than Playtika when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.78% of users gave TEGNA an outperform vote while only 47.87% of users gave Playtika an outperform vote.
TEGNA presently has a consensus target price of $17.00, suggesting a potential upside of 14.09%. Playtika has a consensus target price of $10.43, suggesting a potential upside of 47.87%. Given TEGNA's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Playtika is more favorable than TEGNA.
In the previous week, Playtika had 2 more articles in the media than TEGNA. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Playtika and 1 mentions for TEGNA. Playtika's average media sentiment score of 1.82 beat TEGNA's score of 1.19 indicating that TEGNA is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
TEGNA beats Playtika on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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