Sony (SNE) Competitors

Comcast (NASDAQ:CMCSA) and Sony (NYSE:SNE) are both large-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, dividends, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and media sentiment.

Do analysts rate CMCSA or SNE?

Comcast currently has a consensus price target of $39.94, indicating a potential upside of 36.52%. Given Comcast's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Comcast is more favorable than Sony.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Comcast	3 Sell rating(s)	14 Hold rating(s)	12 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.37
Sony	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Which has higher earnings and valuation, CMCSA or SNE?

Comcast has higher revenue and earnings than Sony. Comcast is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sony, 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
Comcast	$124.18B	0.87	$16.19B	$6.05	4.84
Sony	$75.99B	0.46	$5.36B	$4.24	6.81

Is CMCSA or SNE more profitable?

Comcast has a net margin of 18.44% compared to Sony's net margin of 11.34%. Sony's return on equity of 19.06% beat Comcast's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Comcast	18.44%	18.86%	6.24%
Sony	11.34%	19.06%	3.99%

Do institutionals and insiders believe in CMCSA or SNE?

84.3% of Comcast shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 7.8% of Sony shares are held by institutional investors. 1.3% of Comcast shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.0% of Sony shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is CMCSA or SNE a better dividend stock?

Comcast pays an annual dividend of $1.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. Sony pays an annual dividend of $0.41 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Comcast pays out 21.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Sony pays out 9.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Comcast has raised its dividend for 18 consecutive years. Comcast is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Which has more risk & volatility, CMCSA or SNE?

Comcast has a beta of 0.94, meaning that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sony has a beta of 0.93, meaning that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer CMCSA or SNE?

In the previous week, Comcast had 52 more articles in the media than Sony. MarketBeat recorded 52 mentions for Comcast and 0 mentions for Sony. Comcast's average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat Sony's score of 0.00 indicating that Comcast is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Comcast	Positive
Sony	Neutral

Summary

Comcast beats Sony on 17 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.