SONY vs. MAR, NKE, HLT, LULU, CMCSA, CHTR, DKNG, RCL, LVS, and EA
Should you be buying Sony Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Sony Group include Marriott International (MAR), NIKE (NKE), Hilton Worldwide (HLT), Lululemon Athletica (LULU), Comcast (CMCSA), Charter Communications (CHTR), DraftKings (DKNG), Royal Caribbean Cruises (RCL), Las Vegas Sands (LVS), and Electronic Arts (EA). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
Marriott International (NASDAQ:MAR) and Sony Group (NYSE:SONY) are both large-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, community ranking, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, profitability and valuation.
Marriott International pays an annual dividend of $2.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Sony Group pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Marriott International pays out 20.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Sony Group pays out 7.7% 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. Marriott International has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Marriott International is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
70.7% of Marriott International shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 14.1% of Sony Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 10.1% of Marriott International shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.0% of Sony Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Marriott International received 816 more outperform votes than Sony Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.12% of users gave Marriott International an outperform vote while only 38.89% of users gave Sony Group an outperform vote.
Marriott International has a net margin of 13.00% compared to Marriott International's net margin of 7.62%. Marriott International's return on equity of 12.43% beat Sony Group's return on equity.
Marriott International has a beta of 1.62, suggesting that its stock price is 62% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sony Group has a beta of 0.98, suggesting that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Marriott International had 13 more articles in the media than Sony Group. MarketBeat recorded 31 mentions for Marriott International and 18 mentions for Sony Group. Sony Group's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Marriott International's score of 0.63 indicating that Marriott International is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Marriott International currently has a consensus price target of $236.69, suggesting a potential downside of 3.02%. Sony Group has a consensus price target of $108.00, suggesting a potential upside of 30.58%. Given Marriott International's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Sony Group is more favorable than Marriott International.
Sony Group has higher revenue and earnings than Marriott International. Sony Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Marriott International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Marriott International beats Sony Group on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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