WMG vs. EDR, TKO, LYV, IHG, CCL, K, H, SIRI, POOL, and NWS
Should you be buying Warner Music Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Warner Music Group include Endeavor Group (EDR), TKO Group (TKO), Live Nation Entertainment (LYV), InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG), Carnival Co. & (CCL), Kellanova (K), Hyatt Hotels (H), Sirius XM (SIRI), Pool (POOL), and News (NWS). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
Warner Music Group (NASDAQ:WMG) and Endeavor Group (NYSE:EDR) are both large-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, earnings and risk.
In the previous week, Endeavor Group had 4 more articles in the media than Warner Music Group. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Endeavor Group and 9 mentions for Warner Music Group. Endeavor Group's average media sentiment score of 0.65 beat Warner Music Group's score of 0.57 indicating that Endeavor Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Warner Music Group has a beta of 1.47, meaning that its share price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Endeavor Group has a beta of 0.81, meaning that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500.
23.2% of Warner Music Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 43.7% of Endeavor Group shares are held by institutional investors. 73.4% of Warner Music Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 82.1% of Endeavor Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Warner Music Group has higher revenue and earnings than Endeavor Group. Endeavor Group 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.
Warner Music Group currently has a consensus target price of $36.25, indicating a potential upside of 8.76%. Endeavor Group has a consensus target price of $32.00, indicating a potential upside of 29.29%. Given Endeavor Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Endeavor Group is more favorable than Warner Music Group.
Endeavor Group received 3 more outperform votes than Warner Music Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 50.00% of users gave Endeavor Group an outperform vote while only 37.38% of users gave Warner Music Group an outperform vote.
Warner Music Group has a net margin of 7.42% compared to Endeavor Group's net margin of 5.98%. Warner Music Group's return on equity of 128.86% beat Endeavor Group's return on equity.
Warner Music Group pays an annual dividend of $0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Endeavor Group pays an annual dividend of $0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Warner Music Group pays out 77.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Endeavor Group pays out 23.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Summary
Endeavor Group beats Warner Music Group on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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