WBD vs. SPOT, ORAN, CHT, TME, TU, FWONK, FOXA, FOX, ROKU, and LBRDK
Should you be buying Warner Bros. Discovery stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Warner Bros. Discovery include Spotify Technology (SPOT), Orange (ORAN), Chunghwa Telecom (CHT), Tencent Music Entertainment Group (TME), TELUS (TU), Formula One Group (FWONK), FOX (FOXA), FOX (FOX), Roku (ROKU), and Liberty Broadband (LBRDK). These companies are all part of the "communication" industry.
Warner Bros. Discovery (NASDAQ:WBD) and Spotify Technology (NYSE:SPOT) are both large-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, valuation, profitability, community ranking, dividends, risk and analyst recommendations.
Spotify Technology has a net margin of 3.22% compared to Warner Bros. Discovery's net margin of -7.45%. Spotify Technology's return on equity of 15.23% beat Warner Bros. Discovery's return on equity.
60.0% of Warner Bros. Discovery shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.1% of Spotify Technology shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.8% of Warner Bros. Discovery shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Spotify Technology shares are owned 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.
Spotify Technology has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Warner Bros. Discovery. Spotify Technology 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.
Warner Bros. Discovery currently has a consensus price target of $11.87, indicating a potential upside of 42.82%. Spotify Technology has a consensus price target of $353.15, indicating a potential upside of 9.72%. Given Warner Bros. Discovery's higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Warner Bros. Discovery is more favorable than Spotify Technology.
Spotify Technology received 334 more outperform votes than Warner Bros. Discovery when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.40% of users gave Spotify Technology an outperform vote while only 45.74% of users gave Warner Bros. Discovery an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Spotify Technology had 20 more articles in the media than Warner Bros. Discovery. MarketBeat recorded 76 mentions for Spotify Technology and 56 mentions for Warner Bros. Discovery. Spotify Technology's average media sentiment score of 0.62 beat Warner Bros. Discovery's score of 0.06 indicating that Spotify Technology is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Warner Bros. Discovery has a beta of 1.49, indicating that its stock price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Spotify Technology has a beta of 1.59, indicating that its stock price is 59% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Spotify Technology beats Warner Bros. Discovery on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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