Madison Square Garden Sports (MSGS) Competitors $192.25 -1.19 (-0.62%) As of 04/30/2025 03:59 PM Eastern Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock MSGS vs. WMG, PLNT, LTH, SGHC, FUN, RSI, BATRA, PRKS, MANU, and GENIShould you be buying Madison Square Garden Sports stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Madison Square Garden Sports include Warner Music Group (WMG), Planet Fitness (PLNT), Life Time Group (LTH), Super Group (SGHC), Cedar Fair (FUN), Rush Street Interactive (RSI), Atlanta Braves (BATRA), United Parks & Resorts (PRKS), Manchester United (MANU), and Genius Sports (GENI). These companies are all part of the "entertainment" industry. Madison Square Garden Sports vs. Warner Music Group Planet Fitness Life Time Group Super Group Cedar Fair Rush Street Interactive Atlanta Braves United Parks & Resorts Manchester United Genius Sports Madison Square Garden Sports (NYSE:MSGS) and Warner Music Group (NASDAQ:WMG) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends and profitability. Which has better earnings & valuation, MSGS or WMG? Warner Music Group has higher revenue and earnings than Madison Square Garden Sports. Warner Music Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Madison Square Garden Sports, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioMadison Square Garden Sports$1.07B4.32$58.77M$2.3781.12Warner Music Group$6.34B2.50$435M$0.9831.07 Does the MarketBeat Community prefer MSGS or WMG? Warner Music Group received 42 more outperform votes than Madison Square Garden Sports when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 42.42% of users gave Madison Square Garden Sports an outperform vote while only 40.88% of users gave Warner Music Group an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformMadison Square Garden SportsOutperform Votes1442.42% Underperform Votes1957.58% Warner Music GroupOutperform Votes5640.88% Underperform Votes8159.12% Do insiders & institutionals believe in MSGS or WMG? 68.9% of Madison Square Garden Sports shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.9% of Warner Music Group shares are held by institutional investors. 22.1% of Madison Square Garden Sports shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 72.2% of Warner Music Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term. Do analysts recommend MSGS or WMG? Madison Square Garden Sports presently has a consensus target price of $252.00, indicating a potential upside of 31.08%. Warner Music Group has a consensus target price of $35.47, indicating a potential upside of 16.49%. Given Madison Square Garden Sports' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Madison Square Garden Sports is more favorable than Warner Music Group.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Madison Square Garden Sports 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 2 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 3.00Warner Music Group 2 Sell rating(s) 6 Hold rating(s) 9 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.41 Which has more risk & volatility, MSGS or WMG? Madison Square Garden Sports has a beta of 0.81, suggesting that its stock price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Warner Music Group has a beta of 1.32, suggesting that its stock price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500. Does the media favor MSGS or WMG? In the previous week, Madison Square Garden Sports had 4 more articles in the media than Warner Music Group. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Madison Square Garden Sports and 11 mentions for Warner Music Group. Madison Square Garden Sports' average media sentiment score of 1.04 beat Warner Music Group's score of 0.62 indicating that Madison Square Garden Sports is being referred to more favorably in the media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Madison Square Garden Sports 8 Very Positive mention(s) 1 Positive mention(s) 4 Neutral mention(s) 1 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Warner Music Group 7 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 0 Neutral mention(s) 2 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Is MSGS or WMG more profitable? Warner Music Group has a net margin of 8.07% compared to Madison Square Garden Sports' net margin of 5.33%. Warner Music Group's return on equity of 79.01% beat Madison Square Garden Sports' return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Madison Square Garden Sports5.33% -20.50% 4.13% Warner Music Group 8.07%79.01%5.71% SummaryWarner Music Group beats Madison Square Garden Sports on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Madison Square Garden Sports News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for MSGS and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?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.Skip Chart MSGS vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricMadison Square Garden Sportsamusement & recreation services IndustryDiscretionary SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$4.62B$9.75B$7.48B$18.97BDividend YieldN/A3.63%3.39%4.03%P/E Ratio81.1227.2216.4032.71Price / Sales4.327.027.3527.90Price / Cash79.4651.7116.4217.53Price / Book-16.8912.534.394.47Net Income$58.77M$260.84M$260.40M$1.02B7 Day Performance1.33%-0.64%2.76%2.26%1 Month Performance-1.50%-7.52%0.15%-2.86%1 Year Performance3.38%6.91%-2.74%5.48% Madison Square Garden Sports Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)MSGSMadison Square Garden Sports3.9427 of 5 stars$192.25-0.6%$252.00+31.1%+3.4%$4.62B$1.07B81.12890Analyst ForecastPositive NewsWMGWarner Music Group4.3363 of 5 stars$29.63-0.7%$35.47+19.7%-7.7%$15.42B$6.34B30.246,200Upcoming EarningsShort Interest ↓PLNTPlanet Fitness4.337 of 5 stars$96.15+0.4%$101.72+5.8%+58.5%$8.14B$1.18B51.692,800Upcoming EarningsPositive NewsLTHLife Time Group4.1007 of 5 stars$31.27+0.4%$35.62+13.9%+124.1%$6.69B$2.62B45.3230,000Upcoming EarningsPositive NewsGap DownSGHCSuper Group3.4888 of 5 stars$8.01+0.4%$10.60+32.3%+156.2%$4.03B$1.70B133.524,000Upcoming EarningsGap DownFUNCedar Fair3.7205 of 5 stars$35.53-1.6%$50.87+43.2%-11.2%$3.57B$2.71B-55.513,350Upcoming EarningsRSIRush Street Interactive3.7137 of 5 stars$12.22-0.2%$15.50+26.8%+89.8%$2.79B$924.08M-611.00470Earnings ReportNews CoverageBATRAAtlanta Braves2.5202 of 5 stars$43.50+0.5%$60.00+37.9%+7.7%$2.69B$662.75M-59.591,240Positive NewsPRKSUnited Parks & Resorts3.7017 of 5 stars$43.69-0.7%$58.50+33.9%-14.0%$2.40B$1.73B10.952,800Upcoming EarningsPositive NewsMANUManchester United1.4239 of 5 stars$13.86-0.1%$20.75+49.7%-15.2%$2.35B$620.67M-13.591,040GENIGenius Sports2.6139 of 5 stars$10.80-0.2%$12.19+12.9%+114.1%$2.32B$510.89M-33.752,300Upcoming Earnings Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Warner Music Group Alternatives Planet Fitness Alternatives Life Time Group Alternatives Super Group Alternatives Cedar Fair Alternatives Rush Street Interactive Alternatives Atlanta Braves Alternatives United Parks & Resorts Alternatives Manchester United Alternatives Genius Sports Alternatives Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NYSE:MSGS) was last updated on 5/1/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersHow to invest in Elon Musk’s Optimus before its launchElon Musk is set to completely take over the AI industry with Optimus… A breakthrough AI-powered robot that El...InvestorPlace | SponsoredIs he more powerful than Trump? 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