NIKE - NKE Competitors

NIKE (NYSE:NKE) and Walt Disney (NYSE:DIS) are both large-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations and profitability.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in NKE or DIS?

NIKE received 376 more outperform votes than Walt Disney when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.31% of users gave NIKE an outperform vote while only 71.74% of users gave Walt Disney an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
NIKE	Outperform Votes 2290 72.31%	Underperform Votes 877 27.69%
Walt Disney	Outperform Votes 1914 71.74%	Underperform Votes 754 28.26%

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of NKE or DIS?

63.2% of NIKE shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 62.2% of Walt Disney shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of NIKE shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Walt Disney shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is NKE or DIS more profitable?

NIKE has a net margin of 11.47% compared to Walt Disney's net margin of 3.93%. NIKE's return on equity of 36.83% beat Walt Disney's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
NIKE	11.47%	36.83%	14.12%
Walt Disney	3.93%	6.72%	3.23%

Do analysts recommend NKE or DIS?

NIKE currently has a consensus target price of $129.66, indicating a potential upside of 6.98%. Walt Disney has a consensus target price of $128.92, indicating a potential upside of 36.83%. Given Walt Disney's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Walt Disney is more favorable than NIKE.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
NIKE	1 Sell rating(s)	11 Hold rating(s)	21 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.61
Walt Disney	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	20 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.95

Does the media prefer NKE or DIS?

In the previous week, Walt Disney had 19 more articles in the media than NIKE. MarketBeat recorded 52 mentions for Walt Disney and 33 mentions for NIKE. Walt Disney's average media sentiment score of 0.40 beat NIKE's score of 0.25 indicating that Walt Disney is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
NIKE	9 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Walt Disney	19 Very Positive mention(s)	15 Positive mention(s)	9 Neutral mention(s)	6 Negative mention(s)	3 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has more risk & volatility, NKE or DIS?

NIKE has a beta of 1.1, meaning that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Walt Disney has a beta of 1.3, meaning that its share price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, NKE or DIS?

NIKE has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Walt Disney. NIKE is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Walt Disney, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
NIKE	$46.71 billion	4.02	$6.05 billion	$3.55	34.14
Walt Disney	$82.72 billion	2.08	$3.15 billion	$1.82	51.77

Summary

NIKE beats Walt Disney on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.