Cedar Fair (FUN) Competitors

Cedar Fair (NYSE:FUN) and Warner Music Group (NASDAQ:WMG) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, valuation, risk, community ranking and dividends.

Which has more risk and volatility, FUN or WMG?

Cedar Fair has a beta of 0.84, indicating that its stock price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Warner Music Group has a beta of 1.32, indicating that its stock price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, FUN or WMG?

Warner Music Group has higher revenue and earnings than Cedar Fair. Cedar Fair 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Cedar Fair	$2.81B	1.27	$124.56M	-$2.78	-12.68
Warner Music Group	$6.33B	2.20	$435M	$0.87	30.85

Do institutionals & insiders believe in FUN or WMG?

64.7% of Cedar Fair shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.9% of Warner Music Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.8% of Cedar Fair 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, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is FUN or WMG more profitable?

Warner Music Group has a net margin of 8.07% compared to Cedar Fair's net margin of 0.99%. Cedar Fair's return on equity of 113.05% beat Warner Music Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Cedar Fair	0.99%	113.05%	2.41%
Warner Music Group	8.07%	79.01%	5.71%

Do analysts recommend FUN or WMG?

Cedar Fair currently has a consensus target price of $49.20, suggesting a potential upside of 39.61%. Warner Music Group has a consensus target price of $34.50, suggesting a potential upside of 28.54%. Given Cedar Fair's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Cedar Fair is more favorable than Warner Music Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Cedar Fair	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	13 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80
Warner Music Group	2 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.44

Does the media prefer FUN or WMG?

In the previous week, Warner Music Group had 1 more articles in the media than Cedar Fair. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Warner Music Group and 4 mentions for Cedar Fair. Cedar Fair's average media sentiment score of 1.58 beat Warner Music Group's score of 0.82 indicating that Cedar Fair is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Cedar Fair	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Warner Music Group	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is FUN or WMG a better dividend stock?

Cedar Fair pays an annual dividend of $0.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Warner Music Group pays an annual dividend of $0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Cedar Fair pays out -10.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Warner Music Group pays out 82.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Warner Music Group has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years. Warner Music Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in FUN or WMG?

Cedar Fair received 635 more outperform votes than Warner Music Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.64% of users gave Cedar Fair an outperform vote while only 41.26% of users gave Warner Music Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Cedar Fair	Outperform Votes 694 68.64%	Underperform Votes 317 31.36%
Warner Music Group	Outperform Votes 59 41.26%	Underperform Votes 84 58.74%

Summary

Warner Music Group beats Cedar Fair on 14 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.