LYV vs. WMG, EDR, TKO, RBLX, RCI, TTWO, WBD, TCOM, K, and CCL
Should you be buying Live Nation Entertainment stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Live Nation Entertainment include Warner Music Group (WMG), Endeavor Group (EDR), TKO Group (TKO), Roblox (RBLX), Rogers Communications (RCI), Take-Two Interactive Software (TTWO), Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), Trip.com Group (TCOM), Kellanova (K), and Carnival Co. & (CCL). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
Live Nation Entertainment (NYSE:LYV) and Warner Music Group (NASDAQ:WMG) are both large-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, community ranking, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability and dividends.
Live Nation Entertainment received 580 more outperform votes than Warner Music Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.24% of users gave Live Nation Entertainment an outperform vote while only 37.38% of users gave Warner Music Group an outperform vote.
Live Nation Entertainment has a beta of 1.3, suggesting that its share price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Warner Music Group has a beta of 1.47, suggesting that its share price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Live Nation Entertainment had 13 more articles in the media than Warner Music Group. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Live Nation Entertainment and 9 mentions for Warner Music Group. Live Nation Entertainment's average media sentiment score of 0.65 beat Warner Music Group's score of 0.57 indicating that Live Nation Entertainment is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Warner Music Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Live Nation Entertainment. Warner Music 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.
Live Nation Entertainment currently has a consensus target price of $113.55, indicating a potential upside of 8.78%. Warner Music Group has a consensus target price of $36.25, indicating a potential upside of 8.76%. Given Live Nation Entertainment's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Live Nation Entertainment is more favorable than Warner Music Group.
Warner Music Group has a net margin of 7.42% compared to Live Nation Entertainment's net margin of 2.48%. Warner Music Group's return on equity of 128.86% beat Live Nation Entertainment's return on equity.
71.0% of Live Nation Entertainment shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 23.2% of Warner Music Group shares are held by institutional investors. 2.9% of Live Nation Entertainment shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 73.4% of Warner Music Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Live Nation Entertainment beats Warner Music Group on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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