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$207.90 -0.30 (-0.14%)
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MSGS vs. WMG, PLNT, LTH, SGHC, RSI, FUN, BATRA, MANU, PRKS, and BATRK

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 Atlanta Braves (BATRK). These companies are all part of the "entertainment" industry.

Madison Square Garden vs. Its Competitors

Warner Music Group (NASDAQ:WMG) and Madison Square Garden (NYSE:MSGS) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings and dividends.

96.9% of Warner Music Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.9% of Madison Square Garden shares are owned by institutional investors. 72.2% of Warner Music Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 18.1% of Madison Square Garden shares are owned 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.

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

In the previous week, Warner Music Group had 18 more articles in the media than Madison Square Garden. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Warner Music Group and 2 mentions for Madison Square Garden. Madison Square Garden's average media sentiment score of 0.45 beat Warner Music Group's score of 0.27 indicating that Madison Square Garden is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Warner Music Group
4 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
13 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Madison Square Garden
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

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
Warner Music Group7.14% 64.64% 4.93%
Madison Square Garden 0.45%-1.76%0.34%

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
Warner Music Group$6.43B2.38$435M$0.8733.78
Madison Square Garden$1.03B4.86$58.77M$0.21990.00

Warner Music Group presently has a consensus target price of $34.05, indicating a potential upside of 15.86%. Madison Square Garden has a consensus target price of $252.60, indicating a potential upside of 21.50%. Given Madison Square Garden's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Madison Square Garden is more favorable than Warner Music Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Warner Music Group
2 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
9 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.47
Madison Square Garden
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.80

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$4.99B$8.66B$8.29B$20.68B
Dividend YieldN/A2.11%3.17%3.71%
P/E Ratio990.0548.2021.1228.11
Price / Sales4.862.143.3438.33
Price / Cash80.4014.0017.5022.53
Price / Book-18.703.744.624.58
Net Income$58.77M$328.98M$213.40M$986.06M
7 Day Performance-0.06%5.83%3.45%2.79%
1 Month Performance9.69%7.58%11.00%5.46%
1 Year Performance6.76%3.86%10.67%15.06%

Madison Square Garden Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MSGS
Madison Square Garden
2.6876 of 5 stars
$207.90
-0.1%
$252.60
+21.5%
+7.3%$4.99B$1.03B990.05890
WMG
Warner Music Group
4.0432 of 5 stars
$27.24
+0.1%
$33.95
+24.6%
-4.0%$14.20B$6.43B31.315,800Analyst Forecast
PLNT
Planet Fitness
4.2518 of 5 stars
$109.17
+0.4%
$106.63
-2.3%
+45.4%$9.19B$1.18B51.503,806Positive News
LTH
Life Time Group
3.0279 of 5 stars
$30.35
+1.0%
$35.92
+18.4%
+56.6%$6.66B$2.62B31.6143,800Positive News
SGHC
Super Group (SGHC)
2.9572 of 5 stars
$10.99
-1.0%
$11.83
+7.7%
+244.2%$5.53B$1.84B40.703,300High Trading Volume
RSI
Rush Street Interactive
2.0571 of 5 stars
$14.91
+1.4%
$15.44
+3.6%
+58.3%$3.41B$924.08M186.40470Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
FUN
Six Flags Entertainment
4.7322 of 5 stars
$30.48
-1.3%
$49.20
+61.4%
-43.3%$3.08B$2.71B-10.9698,000
BATRA
Atlanta Braves
0.5733 of 5 stars
$49.21
-1.2%
$52.50
+6.7%
+18.5%$3.04B$672.88M-140.601,450
MANU
Manchester United
1.1505 of 5 stars
$17.78
-2.1%
$20.75
+16.7%
+11.9%$3.01B$833.39M-36.281,140
PRKS
United Parks & Resorts
1.7727 of 5 stars
$47.11
-0.5%
$57.85
+22.8%
+2.3%$2.59B$1.73B12.5616,700
BATRK
Atlanta Braves
2.07 of 5 stars
$46.77
0.0%
$57.00
+21.9%
+17.3%$2.40B$662.75M-133.621,240

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This page (NYSE:MSGS) was last updated on 7/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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