SIRI vs. POOL, NWS, H, EDU, NWSA, FWONA, EDR, PARAA, WMG, and FOXA
Should you be buying Sirius XM stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Sirius XM include Pool (POOL), News (NWS), Hyatt Hotels (H), New Oriental Education & Technology Group (EDU), News (NWSA), Formula One Group (FWONA), Endeavor Group (EDR), Paramount Global (PARAA), Warner Music Group (WMG), and FOX (FOXA). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
Sirius XM (NASDAQ:SIRI) and Pool (NASDAQ:POOL) are both large-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, profitability, media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, risk and institutional ownership.
Sirius XM received 288 more outperform votes than Pool when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.93% of users gave Pool an outperform vote while only 62.08% of users gave Sirius XM an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Pool had 56 more articles in the media than Sirius XM. MarketBeat recorded 76 mentions for Pool and 20 mentions for Sirius XM. Sirius XM's average media sentiment score of 0.31 beat Pool's score of 0.22 indicating that Sirius XM is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Sirius XM has a net margin of 14.05% compared to Pool's net margin of 9.44%. Pool's return on equity of 37.94% beat Sirius XM's return on equity.
10.5% of Sirius XM shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.0% of Pool shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.8% of Sirius XM shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.0% of Pool shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Sirius XM has higher revenue and earnings than Pool. Sirius XM is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Pool, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Sirius XM has a beta of 1.05, meaning that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pool has a beta of 1.01, meaning that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Sirius XM pays an annual dividend of $0.11 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Pool pays an annual dividend of $4.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Sirius XM pays out 34.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Pool pays out 33.0% 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.
Sirius XM currently has a consensus target price of $4.89, indicating a potential upside of 21.25%. Pool has a consensus target price of $385.00, indicating a potential downside of 3.10%. Given Sirius XM's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Sirius XM is more favorable than Pool.
Summary
Pool beats Sirius XM on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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