LYV vs. NWSA, CNK, RDI, DIS, TKO, EDR, WMG, FUN, MANU, and BATRA
Should you be buying Live Nation Entertainment stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Live Nation Entertainment include News (NWSA), Cinemark (CNK), Reading International (RDI), Walt Disney (DIS), TKO Group (TKO), Endeavor Group (EDR), Warner Music Group (WMG), Cedar Fair (FUN), Manchester United (MANU), and Atlanta Braves (BATRA).
Live Nation Entertainment vs. Its Competitors
Live Nation Entertainment (NYSE:LYV) and News (NASDAQ:NWSA) are both large-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, profitability, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations and community ranking.
In the previous week, Live Nation Entertainment had 18 more articles in the media than News. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Live Nation Entertainment and 2 mentions for News. News' average media sentiment score of 1.33 beat Live Nation Entertainment's score of 0.68 indicating that News is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
News has a net margin of 4.22% compared to Live Nation Entertainment's net margin of 3.90%. Live Nation Entertainment's return on equity of 139.09% beat News' return on equity.
Live Nation Entertainment presently has a consensus price target of $164.35, suggesting a potential upside of 17.59%. News has a consensus price target of $39.20, suggesting a potential upside of 43.35%. Given News' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe News is more favorable than Live Nation Entertainment.
74.5% of Live Nation Entertainment shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.0% of News shares are held by institutional investors. 3.0% of Live Nation Entertainment shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 13.6% of News shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Live Nation Entertainment has higher revenue and earnings than News. News is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Live Nation Entertainment, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Live Nation Entertainment has a beta of 1.44, indicating that its stock price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, News has a beta of 1.23, indicating that its stock price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500.
News received 5 more outperform votes than Live Nation Entertainment when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 76.56% of users gave Live Nation Entertainment an outperform vote while only 73.46% of users gave News an outperform vote.
Summary
Live Nation Entertainment beats News on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (NYSE:LYV) was last updated on 6/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
