LGF.A vs. TGNA, SPB, LEG, STRA, ATAT, MANU, CMPR, LRN, CUK, and CENTA
Should you be buying Lions Gate Entertainment stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lions Gate Entertainment include TEGNA (TGNA), Spectrum Brands (SPB), Leggett & Platt (LEG), Strategic Education (STRA), Atour Lifestyle (ATAT), Manchester United (MANU), Cimpress (CMPR), Stride (LRN), Carnival Co. & (CUK), and Central Garden & Pet (CENTA). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
Lions Gate Entertainment (NYSE:LGF.A) and TEGNA (NYSE:TGNA) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, valuation, community ranking and profitability.
In the previous week, TEGNA had 2 more articles in the media than Lions Gate Entertainment. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for TEGNA and 0 mentions for Lions Gate Entertainment. TEGNA's average media sentiment score of 0.15 beat Lions Gate Entertainment's score of 0.00 indicating that TEGNA is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
TEGNA has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Lions Gate Entertainment. Lions Gate Entertainment is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than TEGNA, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
TEGNA has a net margin of 16.38% compared to Lions Gate Entertainment's net margin of -29.12%. Lions Gate Entertainment's return on equity of 24.69% beat TEGNA's return on equity.
Lions Gate Entertainment presently has a consensus target price of $10.50, indicating a potential upside of 3.55%. TEGNA has a consensus target price of $17.00, indicating a potential upside of 26.49%. Given TEGNA's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe TEGNA is more favorable than Lions Gate Entertainment.
Lions Gate Entertainment has a beta of 1.3, meaning that its stock price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TEGNA has a beta of 0.5, meaning that its stock price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500.
TEGNA received 131 more outperform votes than Lions Gate Entertainment when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.46% of users gave Lions Gate Entertainment an outperform vote while only 62.78% of users gave TEGNA an outperform vote.
34.1% of Lions Gate Entertainment shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.2% of TEGNA shares are held by institutional investors. 25.0% of Lions Gate Entertainment shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of TEGNA shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
TEGNA beats Lions Gate Entertainment on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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