WMG vs. TKO, EDR, LYV, IHG, K, CCL, H, WBD, RCI, and SNA
Should you be buying Warner Music Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Warner Music Group include TKO Group (TKO), Endeavor Group (EDR), Live Nation Entertainment (LYV), InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG), Kellanova (K), Carnival Co. & (CCL), Hyatt Hotels (H), Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), Rogers Communications (RCI), and Snap-on (SNA). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
Warner Music Group (NASDAQ:WMG) and TKO Group (NYSE:TKO) are both large-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, media sentiment, risk, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings and community ranking.
In the previous week, TKO Group had 6 more articles in the media than Warner Music Group. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for TKO Group and 7 mentions for Warner Music Group. Warner Music Group's average media sentiment score of 0.98 beat TKO Group's score of 0.38 indicating that Warner Music Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Warner Music Group currently has a consensus price target of $36.88, suggesting a potential upside of 15.37%. TKO Group has a consensus price target of $108.31, suggesting a potential upside of 12.96%. Given Warner Music Group's higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Warner Music Group is more favorable than TKO Group.
Warner Music Group pays an annual dividend of $0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. TKO Group pays an annual dividend of $0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. 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. TKO Group pays out 17.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Warner Music Group has higher revenue and earnings than TKO Group. Warner Music Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than TKO Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Warner Music Group has a net margin of 7.42% compared to TKO Group's net margin of 3.02%. Warner Music Group's return on equity of 128.86% beat TKO Group's return on equity.
Warner Music Group has a beta of 1.46, suggesting that its stock price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TKO Group has a beta of 1.06, suggesting that its stock price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Warner Music Group received 24 more outperform votes than TKO Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 80.95% of users gave TKO Group an outperform vote while only 37.61% of users gave Warner Music Group an outperform vote.
96.9% of Warner Music Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.8% of TKO Group shares are held by institutional investors. 73.4% of Warner Music Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 38.9% of TKO Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Warner Music Group beats TKO Group on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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