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WBD vs. AAPL, AMZN, CMCSA, FOXA, GOOGL, NFLX, ROKU, DIS, T, and SPOT

Should you be buying Warner Bros. Discovery stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Warner Bros. Discovery include Apple (AAPL), Amazon.com (AMZN), Comcast (CMCSA), FOX (FOXA), Alphabet (GOOGL), Netflix (NFLX), Roku (ROKU), Walt Disney (DIS), AT&T (T), and Spotify Technology (SPOT).

Warner Bros. Discovery vs. Its Competitors

Warner Bros. Discovery (NASDAQ:WBD) and Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) are related large-cap companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability and risk.

In the previous week, Apple had 207 more articles in the media than Warner Bros. Discovery. MarketBeat recorded 229 mentions for Apple and 22 mentions for Warner Bros. Discovery. Apple's average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat Warner Bros. Discovery's score of 0.92 indicating that Apple is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Warner Bros. Discovery
13 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Apple
139 Very Positive mention(s)
24 Positive mention(s)
25 Neutral mention(s)
16 Negative mention(s)
5 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Warner Bros. Discovery has a beta of 1.73, suggesting that its share price is 73% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Apple has a beta of 1.09, suggesting that its share price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Warner Bros. Discovery presently has a consensus price target of $15.69, indicating a potential downside of 15.75%. Apple has a consensus price target of $247.49, indicating a potential downside of 3.36%. Given Apple's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Apple is more favorable than Warner Bros. Discovery.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Warner Bros. Discovery
1 Sell rating(s)
15 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33
Apple
2 Sell rating(s)
13 Hold rating(s)
15 Buy rating(s)
3 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.58

60.0% of Warner Bros. Discovery shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.7% of Apple shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.8% of Warner Bros. Discovery shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Apple shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Apple has higher revenue and earnings than Warner Bros. Discovery. Apple is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Warner Bros. Discovery, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Warner Bros. Discovery$39.32B1.17-$11.31B$0.3062.09
Apple$391.04B9.72$93.74B$6.5938.86

Apple has a net margin of 24.30% compared to Warner Bros. Discovery's net margin of 2.00%. Apple's return on equity of 170.91% beat Warner Bros. Discovery's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Warner Bros. Discovery2.00% 2.14% 0.74%
Apple 24.30%170.91%31.94%

Summary

Apple beats Warner Bros. Discovery on 14 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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WBD vs. The Competition

MetricWarner Bros. DiscoveryBRDCST IndustryDiscretionary SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$46.11B$21.86B$8.36B$10.53B
Dividend YieldN/A5.42%3.00%4.67%
P/E Ratio62.0934.3018.1026.89
Price / Sales1.171.376.22183.63
Price / Cash4.8210.1314.8731.10
Price / Book1.312.264.846.68
Net Income-$11.31B$30.12M$256.85M$276.44M
7 Day Performance-4.62%0.55%-1.80%3.12%
1 Month Performance53.82%3.16%-0.09%10.19%
1 Year Performance141.30%512.30%46.73%40.24%

Warner Bros. Discovery Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WBD
Warner Bros. Discovery
2.5685 of 5 stars
$18.63
-2.4%
$15.69
-15.7%
+145.2%$46.11B$39.32B62.0935,000Analyst Forecast
AAPL
Apple
4.594 of 5 stars
$254.35
-0.4%
$245.66
-3.4%
+13.2%$3.77T$391.04B38.60164,000Trending News
Analyst Revision
AMZN
Amazon.com
4.8687 of 5 stars
$222.14
+1.1%
$264.13
+18.9%
+18.4%$2.37T$637.96B33.861,556,000Trending News
CMCSA
Comcast
4.9886 of 5 stars
$31.43
-0.9%
$40.11
+27.6%
-24.5%$116.06B$123.73B5.20182,000Trending News
Analyst Forecast
FOXA
FOX
1.8247 of 5 stars
$62.89
+2.8%
$57.20
-9.0%
+46.8%$28.02B$16.30B12.8110,400
GOOGL
Alphabet
3.6768 of 5 stars
$243.97
-1.0%
$233.44
-4.3%
+49.9%$2.95T$350.02B25.98183,323Trending News
Analyst Forecast
NFLX
Netflix
4.5501 of 5 stars
$1,205.57
-0.4%
$1,328.87
+10.2%
+61.6%$512.28B$39.00B51.3714,000Trending News
Analyst Downgrade
ROKU
Roku
1.9744 of 5 stars
$100.18
+0.6%
$101.33
+1.2%
+38.1%$14.76B$4.11B-238.513,340Trending News
DIS
Walt Disney
4.8265 of 5 stars
$114.74
+1.1%
$131.18
+14.3%
+18.6%$206.30B$91.36B17.98233,000Trending News
Analyst Revision
T
AT&T
4.815 of 5 stars
$28.06
-0.9%
$30.74
+9.6%
+18.1%$200.60B$122.34B15.94140,990Analyst Forecast
SPOT
Spotify Technology
4.7094 of 5 stars
$727.48
+1.5%
$731.31
+0.5%
+83.1%$148.92B$16.96B176.577,691

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