EDR vs. WMG, TKO, LYV, K, WBD, RCI, IHG, ONON, CCL, and H
Should you be buying Endeavor Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Endeavor Group include Warner Music Group (WMG), TKO Group (TKO), Live Nation Entertainment (LYV), Kellanova (K), Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), Rogers Communications (RCI), InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG), ON (ONON), Carnival Co. & (CCL), and Hyatt Hotels (H). 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 better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, valuation, profitability, earnings, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking and analyst recommendations.
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 has a net margin of 7.42% compared to Warner Music Group's net margin of 5.98%. Endeavor Group's return on equity of 128.86% beat Warner Music Group's return on equity.
Warner Music Group pays an annual dividend of $0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Endeavor Group pays an annual dividend of $0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. 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. Warner Music Group has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years. Warner Music Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
96.9% of Warner Music Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.4% of Endeavor Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 73.4% of Warner Music Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 82.1% of Endeavor Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Warner Music Group presently has a consensus price target of $36.88, indicating a potential upside of 10.72%. Endeavor Group has a consensus price target of $29.30, indicating a potential upside of 10.98%. Given Warner Music Group's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Endeavor Group is more favorable than Warner Music Group.
In the previous week, Warner Music Group had 1 more articles in the media than Endeavor Group. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Warner Music Group and 5 mentions for Endeavor Group. Endeavor Group's average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat Warner Music Group's score of 0.10 indicating that Warner Music Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Warner Music Group has a beta of 1.46, indicating that its stock price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Endeavor Group has a beta of 0.82, indicating that its stock price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Endeavor Group received 3 more outperform votes than Warner Music Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 45.36% of users gave Endeavor Group an outperform vote while only 37.61% of users gave Warner Music Group an outperform vote.
Summary
Warner Music Group beats Endeavor Group on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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