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Warner Music Group (WMG) Competitors

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WMG vs. DKNG, TKO, PLNT, LTH, SGHC, MSGS, RSI, MANU, BATRA, and GENI

Should you be buying Warner Music Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Warner Music Group include DraftKings (DKNG), TKO Group (TKO), Planet Fitness (PLNT), Life Time Group (LTH), Super Group (SGHC) (SGHC), Madison Square Garden (MSGS), Rush Street Interactive (RSI), Manchester United (MANU), Atlanta Braves (BATRA), and Genius Sports (GENI). These companies are all part of the "entertainment" industry.

Warner Music Group vs. Its Competitors

DraftKings (NASDAQ:DKNG) and Warner Music Group (NASDAQ:WMG) are both large-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, risk, media sentiment and earnings.

DraftKings presently has a consensus target price of $54.50, suggesting a potential upside of 20.80%. Warner Music Group has a consensus target price of $33.88, suggesting a potential upside of 4.48%. Given DraftKings' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe DraftKings is more favorable than Warner Music Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
DraftKings
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
25 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.93
Warner Music Group
0 Sell rating(s)
10 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.53

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
DraftKings$4.77B8.42-$507.29M-$0.65-69.41
Warner Music Group$6.43B2.63$435M$0.5756.89

In the previous week, DraftKings had 26 more articles in the media than Warner Music Group. MarketBeat recorded 45 mentions for DraftKings and 19 mentions for Warner Music Group. Warner Music Group's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat DraftKings' score of 0.93 indicating that Warner Music Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
DraftKings
25 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
13 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Warner Music Group
8 Very Positive mention(s)
5 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

DraftKings has a beta of 1.7, suggesting that its stock price is 70% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Warner Music Group has a beta of 1.26, suggesting that its stock price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Warner Music Group has a net margin of 4.59% compared to DraftKings' net margin of -5.63%. Warner Music Group's return on equity of 39.95% beat DraftKings' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
DraftKings-5.63% -30.06% -6.80%
Warner Music Group 4.59%39.95%3.16%

37.7% of DraftKings shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.9% of Warner Music Group shares are held by institutional investors. 51.2% of DraftKings shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 72.2% of Warner Music Group shares are held 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.

Summary

Warner Music Group beats DraftKings on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding WMG and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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WMG vs. The Competition

MetricWarner Music GroupMOVIE/TV PRD&DIST IndustryDiscretionary SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$16.90B$12.09B$8.30B$9.81B
Dividend Yield2.24%2.22%3.10%4.07%
P/E Ratio56.8929.1716.6725.55
Price / Sales2.633.514.51116.50
Price / Cash21.8120.9016.8259.48
Price / Book20.799.354.336.15
Net Income$435M$364.22M$226.22M$264.98M
7 Day Performance2.27%3.24%2.91%2.81%
1 Month Performance6.99%-1.71%2.51%3.20%
1 Year Performance14.63%46.11%20.71%25.33%

Warner Music Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WMG
Warner Music Group
2.9059 of 5 stars
$32.43
+0.6%
$33.88
+4.5%
+15.3%$16.90B$6.43B56.895,800Positive News
Dividend Increase
Analyst Forecast
DKNG
DraftKings
4.1357 of 5 stars
$42.73
-0.3%
$54.50
+27.5%
+36.2%$38.00B$4.77B-65.745,100Positive News
Insider Trade
TKO
TKO Group
3.1273 of 5 stars
$180.08
+10.3%
$173.83
-3.5%
+61.2%$35.64B$2.97B74.411,300Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
High Trading Volume
PLNT
Planet Fitness
4.0165 of 5 stars
$105.94
-0.6%
$107.38
+1.4%
+31.5%$8.92B$1.18B47.083,806News Coverage
Positive News
LTH
Life Time Group
3.8354 of 5 stars
$27.80
+3.0%
$35.92
+29.2%
+22.5%$6.12B$2.82B27.2543,800News Coverage
SGHC
Super Group (SGHC)
4.0066 of 5 stars
$10.86
+1.3%
$13.88
+27.7%
+267.4%$5.47B$1.87B40.233,300
MSGS
Madison Square Garden
3.6174 of 5 stars
$202.78
+1.7%
$252.60
+24.6%
-2.0%$4.87B$1.06B965.68890News Coverage
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
RSI
Rush Street Interactive
2.7873 of 5 stars
$18.56
-0.1%
$17.89
-3.6%
+108.3%$4.25B$1.02B92.80470
MANU
Manchester United
1.7372 of 5 stars
$17.70
+1.1%
$23.00
+30.0%
+3.1%$3.00B$833.39M-36.111,140
BATRA
Atlanta Braves
2.0483 of 5 stars
$47.06
+0.7%
$52.50
+11.6%
+4.4%$2.91B$662.75M-134.461,450
GENI
Genius Sports
1.8936 of 5 stars
$12.52
+1.1%
$13.69
+9.3%
+83.5%$2.70B$558.44M-40.402,400Analyst Forecast

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This page (NASDAQ:WMG) was last updated on 8/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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