Sirius XM (SIRI) Competitors

H World Group (NASDAQ:HTHT) and Sirius XM (NASDAQ:SIRI) are both large-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, earnings, media sentiment and risk.

Is HTHT or SIRI a better dividend stock?

H World Group pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Sirius XM pays an annual dividend of $0.11 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. H World Group pays out 34.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Sirius XM pays out 34.4% 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. H World Group has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Sirius XM has increased its dividend for 7 consecutive years. Sirius XM is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Which has more volatility and risk, HTHT or SIRI?

H World Group has a beta of 0.92, suggesting that its share price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sirius XM has a beta of 1.04, suggesting that its share price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of HTHT or SIRI?

46.4% of H World Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 10.7% of Sirius XM shares are owned by institutional investors. 49.4% of H World Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Sirius XM shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is HTHT or SIRI more profitable?

H World Group has a net margin of 18.62% compared to H World Group's net margin of 14.05%. Sirius XM's return on equity of 31.50% beat H World Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
H World Group	18.62%	31.50%	6.38%
Sirius XM	14.05%	-42.54%	12.39%

Do analysts recommend HTHT or SIRI?

H World Group presently has a consensus target price of $50.67, indicating a potential upside of 35.62%. Sirius XM has a consensus target price of $4.74, indicating a potential upside of 54.74%. Given H World Group's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Sirius XM is more favorable than H World Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
H World Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Sirius XM	3 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.90

Does the MarketBeat Community favor HTHT or SIRI?

Sirius XM received 228 more outperform votes than H World Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.98% of users gave H World Group an outperform vote while only 61.85% of users gave Sirius XM an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
H World Group	Outperform Votes 482 67.98%	Underperform Votes 227 32.02%
Sirius XM	Outperform Votes 710 61.85%	Underperform Votes 438 38.15%

Does the media favor HTHT or SIRI?

In the previous week, Sirius XM had 5 more articles in the media than H World Group. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Sirius XM and 5 mentions for H World Group. Sirius XM's average media sentiment score of 0.81 beat H World Group's score of 0.11 indicating that H World Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
H World Group	2 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Sirius XM	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, HTHT or SIRI?

Sirius XM has higher revenue and earnings than H World Group. Sirius XM is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than H World Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
H World Group	$3.08B	3.96	$575M	$1.76	21.23
Sirius XM	$8.95B	1.31	$1.26B	$0.32	9.56

Summary

H World Group beats Sirius XM on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.