NKE vs. DIS, CMCSA, NFLX, SONY, ATVI, CHTR, MAR, DECK, CROX, and ONON
Should you be buying NIKE stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of NIKE include Walt Disney (DIS), Comcast (CMCSA), Netflix (NFLX), Sony Group (SONY), Activision Blizzard (ATVI), Charter Communications (CHTR), Marriott International (MAR), Deckers Outdoor (DECK), Crocs (CROX), and ON (ONON). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
NIKE vs.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Summary
NIKE beats Walt Disney on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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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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