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MSGS vs. WMG, PLNT, LTH, SGHC, RSI, FUN, BATRA, MANU, PRKS, and GENI

Should you be buying Madison Square Garden stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Madison Square Garden include Warner Music Group (WMG), Planet Fitness (PLNT), Life Time Group (LTH), Super Group (SGHC) (SGHC), Rush Street Interactive (RSI), Six Flags Entertainment (FUN), Atlanta Braves (BATRA), Manchester United (MANU), United Parks & Resorts (PRKS), and Genius Sports (GENI). These companies are all part of the "entertainment" industry.

Madison Square Garden vs. Its Competitors

Madison Square Garden (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 dividends, profitability, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk and valuation.

In the previous week, Warner Music Group had 5 more articles in the media than Madison Square Garden. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Warner Music Group and 6 mentions for Madison Square Garden. Madison Square Garden's average media sentiment score of 1.45 beat Warner Music Group's score of 0.29 indicating that Madison Square Garden is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Madison Square Garden
5 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Warner Music Group
2 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Madison Square Garden presently has a consensus target price of $252.60, indicating a potential upside of 24.99%. Warner Music Group has a consensus target price of $33.72, indicating a potential upside of 8.26%. Given Madison Square Garden's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Madison Square Garden is more favorable than Warner Music Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Madison Square Garden
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.80
Warner Music Group
0 Sell rating(s)
10 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.53

Warner Music Group has higher revenue and earnings than Madison Square Garden. Warner Music Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Madison Square Garden, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Madison Square Garden$1.03B4.72$58.77M$0.21962.40
Warner Music Group$6.43B2.53$435M$0.8735.80

68.9% of Madison Square Garden shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.9% of Warner Music Group shares are held by institutional investors. 18.1% of Madison Square Garden 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 hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Warner Music Group has a net margin of 7.14% compared to Madison Square Garden's net margin of 0.45%. Warner Music Group's return on equity of 64.64% beat Madison Square Garden's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Madison Square Garden0.45% -1.76% 0.34%
Warner Music Group 7.14%64.64%4.93%

Madison Square Garden has a beta of 0.79, suggesting that its share price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Warner Music Group has a beta of 1.24, suggesting that its share price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Warner Music Group beats Madison Square Garden on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding MSGS and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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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MSGS vs. The Competition

MetricMadison Square GardenLEISURE&REC SVS IndustryDiscretionary SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$4.88B$9.17B$8.33B$21.12B
Dividend YieldN/A2.05%3.11%3.60%
P/E Ratio962.4446.1921.4528.44
Price / Sales4.722.464.6560.38
Price / Cash78.6314.2116.6522.92
Price / Book-18.173.854.864.69
Net Income$58.77M$328.98M$215.28M$995.51M
7 Day Performance-3.03%9.71%2.26%1.64%
1 Month Performance-1.82%20.18%45.43%5.92%
1 Year Performance2.01%4.69%16.83%11.50%

Madison Square Garden Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MSGS
Madison Square Garden
2.7187 of 5 stars
$202.10
-0.6%
$252.60
+25.0%
+3.6%$4.88B$1.03B962.44890Positive News
WMG
Warner Music Group
2.8196 of 5 stars
$31.01
-0.7%
$33.72
+8.7%
+5.2%$16.16B$6.43B35.645,800
PLNT
Planet Fitness
4.2338 of 5 stars
$110.17
-2.1%
$106.63
-3.2%
+49.1%$9.27B$1.18B51.973,806Positive News
LTH
Life Time Group
2.6607 of 5 stars
$29.00
-4.5%
$35.92
+23.9%
+40.5%$6.36B$2.62B30.2043,800Positive News
SGHC
Super Group (SGHC)
4.0924 of 5 stars
$11.50
-1.3%
$13.13
+14.2%
+201.7%$5.79B$1.84B42.583,300
RSI
Rush Street Interactive
1.9804 of 5 stars
$14.55
+0.3%
$15.89
+9.2%
+46.5%$3.33B$924.08M181.90470Upcoming Earnings
FUN
Six Flags Entertainment
4.6522 of 5 stars
$30.91
+0.5%
$45.67
+47.7%
-33.0%$3.13B$2.71B-11.1298,000News Coverage
BATRA
Atlanta Braves
0.9554 of 5 stars
$49.64
-0.2%
$52.50
+5.8%
+10.6%$3.07B$662.75M-141.821,450
MANU
Manchester United
2.177 of 5 stars
$17.65
-0.1%
$20.75
+17.6%
+4.4%$2.99B$833.39M-36.011,140
PRKS
United Parks & Resorts
2.535 of 5 stars
$48.58
+1.3%
$57.38
+18.1%
-3.6%$2.67B$1.71B12.9516,700
GENI
Genius Sports
2.2208 of 5 stars
$11.07
-2.7%
$12.63
+14.2%
+60.0%$2.38B$510.89M-58.242,400Analyst Forecast

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