Lions Gate Entertainment (LGF.A) Competitors

Spectrum Brands (NYSE:SPB) and Lions Gate Entertainment (NYSE:LGF.A) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability and community ranking.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor SPB or LGF.A?

Spectrum Brands received 237 more outperform votes than Lions Gate Entertainment when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.99% of users gave Spectrum Brands an outperform vote while only 64.46% of users gave Lions Gate Entertainment an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Spectrum Brands	Outperform Votes 558 70.99%	Underperform Votes 228 29.01%
Lions Gate Entertainment	Outperform Votes 321 64.46%	Underperform Votes 177 35.54%

Do analysts rate SPB or LGF.A?

Spectrum Brands currently has a consensus price target of $89.17, suggesting a potential upside of 10.99%. Lions Gate Entertainment has a consensus price target of $10.50, suggesting a potential upside of 0.77%. Given Lions Gate Entertainment's higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Spectrum Brands is more favorable than Lions Gate Entertainment.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Spectrum Brands	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.40
Lions Gate Entertainment	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the media prefer SPB or LGF.A?

In the previous week, Spectrum Brands had 2 more articles in the media than Lions Gate Entertainment. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Spectrum Brands and 0 mentions for Lions Gate Entertainment. Lions Gate Entertainment's average media sentiment score of 0.81 beat Spectrum Brands' score of 0.00 indicating that Spectrum Brands is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Spectrum Brands	Positive
Lions Gate Entertainment	Neutral

Is SPB or LGF.A more profitable?

Spectrum Brands has a net margin of 63.89% compared to Spectrum Brands' net margin of -29.12%. Spectrum Brands' return on equity of 24.69% beat Lions Gate Entertainment's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Spectrum Brands	63.89%	4.66%	1.80%
Lions Gate Entertainment	-29.12%	24.69%	0.85%

Which has more volatility & risk, SPB or LGF.A?

Spectrum Brands has a beta of 1.2, suggesting that its stock price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lions Gate Entertainment has a beta of 1.3, suggesting that its stock price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in SPB or LGF.A?

34.1% of Lions Gate Entertainment shares are held by institutional investors. 2.6% of Spectrum Brands shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 25.0% of Lions Gate Entertainment shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has better valuation and earnings, SPB or LGF.A?

Spectrum Brands has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Lions Gate Entertainment. Lions Gate Entertainment is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Spectrum Brands, 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
Spectrum Brands	$2.92B	0.83	$1.80B	$46.08	1.74
Lions Gate Entertainment	$3.85B	0.64	-$2.01B	-$4.97	-2.10

Summary

Spectrum Brands beats Lions Gate Entertainment on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.