MSGS vs. IGT, PRKS, SIX, FUN, MSGE, SGHC, RSI, MTN, ASO, and HGV
Should you be buying Madison Square Garden Sports stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Madison Square Garden Sports include International Game Technology (IGT), United Parks & Resorts (PRKS), Six Flags Entertainment (SIX), Cedar Fair (FUN), Madison Square Garden Entertainment (MSGE), Super Group (SGHC), Rush Street Interactive (RSI), Vail Resorts (MTN), Academy Sports and Outdoors (ASO), and Hilton Grand Vacations (HGV). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
Madison Square Garden Sports (NYSE:MSGS) and International Game Technology (NYSE:IGT) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation and community ranking.
In the previous week, Madison Square Garden Sports had 16 more articles in the media than International Game Technology. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Madison Square Garden Sports and 6 mentions for International Game Technology. International Game Technology's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Madison Square Garden Sports' score of -0.05 indicating that International Game Technology is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Madison Square Garden Sports has a net margin of 4.38% compared to International Game Technology's net margin of 3.62%. International Game Technology's return on equity of 21.10% beat Madison Square Garden Sports' return on equity.
International Game Technology has higher revenue and earnings than Madison Square Garden Sports. International Game Technology 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.
International Game Technology has a consensus target price of $31.33, indicating a potential upside of 55.04%. Given International Game Technology's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe International Game Technology is more favorable than Madison Square Garden Sports.
International Game Technology received 502 more outperform votes than Madison Square Garden Sports when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.21% of users gave International Game Technology an outperform vote while only 34.48% of users gave Madison Square Garden Sports an outperform vote.
68.9% of Madison Square Garden Sports shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 44.3% of International Game Technology shares are owned by institutional investors. 22.3% of Madison Square Garden Sports shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of International Game Technology 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.
Madison Square Garden Sports has a beta of 0.94, meaning that its share price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, International Game Technology has a beta of 1.94, meaning that its share price is 94% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
International Game Technology beats Madison Square Garden Sports on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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