LYV vs. EDR, WMG, FWONA, MGM, VIACA, PARAA, FOX, RCL, HTHT, and SIRI
Should you be buying Live Nation Entertainment stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Live Nation Entertainment include Endeavor Group (EDR), Warner Music Group (WMG), Formula One Group (FWONA), MGM Resorts International (MGM), ViacomCBS (VIACA), Paramount Global (PARAA), FOX (FOX), Royal Caribbean Cruises (RCL), H World Group (HTHT), and Sirius XM (SIRI). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
Live Nation Entertainment vs.
Live Nation Entertainment (NYSE:LYV) and Endeavor Group (NYSE:EDR) are both large-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, risk, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations and dividends.
Live Nation Entertainment received 572 more outperform votes than Endeavor Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 76.17% of users gave Live Nation Entertainment an outperform vote while only 51.61% of users gave Endeavor Group an outperform vote.
Live Nation Entertainment presently has a consensus target price of $101.09, suggesting a potential upside of 47.34%. Endeavor Group has a consensus target price of $29.89, suggesting a potential upside of 29.61%. Given Live Nation Entertainment's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Live Nation Entertainment is more favorable than Endeavor Group.
In the previous week, Live Nation Entertainment had 4 more articles in the media than Endeavor Group. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Live Nation Entertainment and 4 mentions for Endeavor Group. Live Nation Entertainment's average media sentiment score of 1.07 beat Endeavor Group's score of -0.75 indicating that Live Nation Entertainment is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Live Nation Entertainment has a beta of 1.31, indicating that its share price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Endeavor Group has a beta of 0.86, indicating that its share price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500.
69.9% of Live Nation Entertainment shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 36.3% of Endeavor Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.0% of Live Nation Entertainment shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 84.7% of Endeavor Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Endeavor Group has a net margin of 2.45% compared to Live Nation Entertainment's net margin of 1.77%. Live Nation Entertainment's return on equity of 310.15% beat Endeavor Group's return on equity.
Live Nation Entertainment has higher revenue and earnings than Endeavor Group. Endeavor Group 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.
Summary
Live Nation Entertainment beats Endeavor Group on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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