LYV vs. EDR, WMG, TKO, RBLX, ONON, RCI, WBD, K, TTWO, and IHG
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), TKO Group (TKO), Roblox (RBLX), ON (ONON), Rogers Communications (RCI), Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), Kellanova (K), Take-Two Interactive Software (TTWO), and InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
Live Nation Entertainment (NYSE:LYV) and Endeavor Group (NYSE:EDR) are both large-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, profitability, community ranking, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and risk.
Live Nation Entertainment received 578 more outperform votes than Endeavor Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.30% of users gave Live Nation Entertainment an outperform vote while only 45.36% of users gave Endeavor Group an outperform vote.
Endeavor Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Live Nation Entertainment. 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.
In the previous week, Live Nation Entertainment had 27 more articles in the media than Endeavor Group. MarketBeat recorded 33 mentions for Live Nation Entertainment and 6 mentions for Endeavor Group. Live Nation Entertainment's average media sentiment score of 0.34 beat Endeavor Group's score of -0.11 indicating that Live Nation Entertainment is being referred to more favorably in the media.
74.5% of Live Nation Entertainment shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.4% of Endeavor Group shares are held by institutional investors. 2.9% of Live Nation Entertainment shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 82.1% of Endeavor Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Live Nation Entertainment has a beta of 1.3, suggesting that its share price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Endeavor Group has a beta of 0.82, suggesting that its share price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Live Nation Entertainment currently has a consensus price target of $115.70, indicating a potential upside of 30.81%. Endeavor Group has a consensus price target of $29.30, indicating a potential upside of 10.90%. Given Live Nation Entertainment's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Live Nation Entertainment is more favorable than Endeavor Group.
Endeavor Group has a net margin of 5.98% compared to Live Nation Entertainment's net margin of 2.48%. Live Nation Entertainment's return on equity of 118.42% beat Endeavor Group's return on equity.
Summary
Live Nation Entertainment beats Endeavor Group on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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