Bowlero (BOWL) Competitors

Madison Square Garden (NYSE:MSGS) and Bowlero (NYSE:BOWL) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation and risk.

Do analysts recommend MSGS or BOWL?

Madison Square Garden presently has a consensus target price of $252.60, indicating a potential upside of 21.50%. Bowlero has a consensus target price of $15.60, indicating a potential upside of 59.18%. Given Bowlero's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Bowlero is more favorable than Madison Square Garden.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Madison Square Garden	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80
Bowlero	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80

Which has more risk & volatility, MSGS or BOWL?

Madison Square Garden has a beta of 0.79, suggesting that its share price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bowlero has a beta of 0.7, suggesting that its share price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in MSGS or BOWL?

68.9% of Madison Square Garden shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.1% of Bowlero shares are owned by institutional investors. 18.1% of Madison Square Garden shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 79.9% of Bowlero shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is MSGS or BOWL more profitable?

Madison Square Garden has a net margin of 0.45% compared to Bowlero's net margin of -6.63%. Madison Square Garden's return on equity of -1.76% beat Bowlero's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Madison Square Garden	0.45%	-1.76%	0.34%
Bowlero	-6.63%	-31.58%	1.31%

Does the media favor MSGS or BOWL?

In the previous week, Bowlero had 1 more articles in the media than Madison Square Garden. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Bowlero and 2 mentions for Madison Square Garden. Bowlero's average media sentiment score of 0.85 beat Madison Square Garden's score of 0.45 indicating that Bowlero is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Madison Square Garden	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Bowlero	0 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has higher valuation & earnings, MSGS or BOWL?

Madison Square Garden has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Bowlero. Bowlero is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Madison Square Garden, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Madison Square Garden	$1.03B	4.86	$58.77M	$0.21	990.00
Bowlero	$1.19B	1.21	-$83.58M	-$0.61	-16.07

Summary

Madison Square Garden beats Bowlero on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.