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$26.07 -0.51 (-1.92%)
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WMG vs. DKNG, TKO, EDR, PLNT, LTH, MSGS, SGHC, FUN, BATRA, and RSI

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), Endeavor Group (EDR), Planet Fitness (PLNT), Life Time Group (LTH), Madison Square Garden Sports (MSGS), Super Group (SGHC), Cedar Fair (FUN), Atlanta Braves (BATRA), and Rush Street Interactive (RSI). These companies are all part of the "entertainment" industry.

Warner Music Group vs.

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

Warner Music Group has a net margin of 8.07% compared to DraftKings' net margin of -10.64%. Warner Music Group's return on equity of 79.01% beat DraftKings' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
DraftKings-10.64% -48.13% -12.24%
Warner Music Group 8.07%79.01%5.71%

DraftKings received 285 more outperform votes than Warner Music Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.67% of users gave DraftKings an outperform vote while only 41.26% of users gave Warner Music Group an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
DraftKingsOutperform Votes
344
66.67%
Underperform Votes
172
33.33%
Warner Music GroupOutperform Votes
59
41.26%
Underperform Votes
84
58.74%

DraftKings presently has a consensus price target of $55.04, suggesting a potential upside of 57.83%. Warner Music Group has a consensus price target of $34.50, suggesting a potential upside of 32.34%. Given DraftKings' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly 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)
26 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.93
Warner Music Group
2 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.44

In the previous week, DraftKings had 17 more articles in the media than Warner Music Group. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for DraftKings and 5 mentions for Warner Music Group. Warner Music Group's average media sentiment score of 1.10 beat DraftKings' score of 0.90 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
16 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Warner Music Group
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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$5.00B6.20-$507.29M-$0.83-42.01
Warner Music Group$6.33B2.14$435M$0.8729.97

37.7% of DraftKings shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.9% of Warner Music Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 51.2% of DraftKings shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 72.2% of Warner Music Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

DraftKings has a beta of 1.89, meaning that its share price is 89% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Warner Music Group has a beta of 1.32, meaning that its share price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Warner Music Group beats DraftKings on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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WMG vs. The Competition

MetricWarner Music GroupAmusement & recreation services IndustryDiscretionary SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$13.57B$4.35B$7.86B$8.39B
Dividend Yield2.62%1.58%3.25%4.11%
P/E Ratio26.6012.8615.1119.71
Price / Sales2.142.948.01120.53
Price / Cash24.1829.6016.3734.62
Price / Book19.467.624.774.50
Net Income$435M$31.96M$257.85M$248.22M
7 Day Performance-5.85%-1.68%-1.44%-0.78%
1 Month Performance-8.99%11.33%6.47%11.53%
1 Year Performance-14.27%12.86%-1.86%8.99%

Warner Music Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WMG
Warner Music Group
4.3818 of 5 stars
$26.07
-1.9%
$34.50
+32.3%
-16.9%$13.57B$6.33B26.606,200Positive News
Dividend Announcement
DKNG
DraftKings
4.5244 of 5 stars
$37.93
+4.7%
$55.04
+45.1%
-16.8%$33.49B$4.77B-35.784,200
TKO
TKO Group
2.4193 of 5 stars
$160.17
+0.3%
$164.25
+2.5%
+46.3%$27.42B$2.85B-381.351,250Positive News
Analyst Forecast
EDR
Endeavor Group
N/A$30.05
+4.2%
N/A+12.4%$20.62B$7.11B-14.6611,000Analyst Forecast
High Trading Volume
PLNT
Planet Fitness
3.8122 of 5 stars
$94.15
+1.4%
$103.00
+9.4%
+61.9%$7.97B$1.18B50.622,800Positive News
Analyst Upgrade
LTH
Life Time Group
4.1792 of 5 stars
$29.64
+4.2%
$35.92
+21.2%
+74.9%$6.34B$2.73B42.9630,000Positive News
MSGS
Madison Square Garden Sports
4.1293 of 5 stars
$195.13
+1.7%
$252.60
+29.5%
+2.5%$4.69B$1.06B82.33890Gap Up
SGHC
Super Group
4.296 of 5 stars
$8.56
+3.3%
$11.20
+30.9%
+115.5%$4.31B$1.70B142.624,000News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Upgrade
FUN
Cedar Fair
3.8932 of 5 stars
$38.21
+6.4%
$49.20
+28.8%
-21.8%$3.86B$2.71B-59.703,350News Coverage
Analyst Upgrade
High Trading Volume
BATRA
Atlanta Braves
1.7122 of 5 stars
$44.15
+1.5%
$60.00
+35.9%
+6.1%$2.73B$662.75M-60.481,240
RSI
Rush Street Interactive
3.8897 of 5 stars
$11.97
+2.0%
$15.63
+30.5%
+38.1%$2.73B$969.06M-598.45470Gap Up

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This page (NASDAQ:WMG) was last updated on 5/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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