SONY vs. GOLF, PTON, YETI, ARLO, KN, MODG, SONO, GEAR, FNKO, and ESCA
Should you be buying Sony Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Sony Group include Acushnet (GOLF), Peloton Interactive (PTON), YETI (YETI), Arlo Technologies (ARLO), Knowles (KN), Topgolf Callaway Brands (MODG), Sonos (SONO), Revelyst (GEAR), Funko (FNKO), and Escalade (ESCA). These companies are all part of the "recreation" industry.
Sony Group vs. Its Competitors
Sony Group (NYSE:SONY) and Acushnet (NYSE:GOLF) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, risk, community ranking, profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings and institutional ownership.
Sony Group pays an annual dividend of $0.09 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. Acushnet pays an annual dividend of $0.94 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Sony Group pays out 7.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Acushnet pays out 26.1% 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. Acushnet has raised its dividend for 8 consecutive years. Acushnet is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Acushnet received 254 more outperform votes than Sony Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 52.33% of users gave Acushnet an outperform vote while only 49.09% of users gave Sony Group an outperform vote.
14.1% of Sony Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 53.1% of Acushnet shares are held by institutional investors. 7.0% of Sony Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 53.6% of Acushnet shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Sony Group presently has a consensus target price of $28.00, indicating a potential upside of 7.22%. Acushnet has a consensus target price of $70.00, indicating a potential downside of 3.11%. Given Sony Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Sony Group is more favorable than Acushnet.
Sony Group has higher revenue and earnings than Acushnet. Acushnet is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sony Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Sony Group has a beta of 0.96, suggesting that its stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Acushnet has a beta of 0.84, suggesting that its stock price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Sony Group has a net margin of 8.21% compared to Acushnet's net margin of 7.78%. Acushnet's return on equity of 21.45% beat Sony Group's return on equity.
In the previous week, Sony Group had 10 more articles in the media than Acushnet. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Sony Group and 5 mentions for Acushnet. Acushnet's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat Sony Group's score of 0.35 indicating that Acushnet is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Acushnet beats Sony Group on 12 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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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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This page (NYSE:SONY) was last updated on 6/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
