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Sphere Entertainment (SPHR) Competitors

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$59.59 -0.70 (-1.16%)
Closing price 09/16/2025 03:59 PM Eastern
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SPHR vs. LTH, SGHC, RSI, MSGS, STRZ, PRKS, GENI, BATRA, MANU, and BATRK

Should you be buying Sphere Entertainment stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Sphere Entertainment include Life Time Group (LTH), Super Group (SGHC) (SGHC), Rush Street Interactive (RSI), Madison Square Garden (MSGS), Starz Entertainment (STRZ), United Parks & Resorts (PRKS), Genius Sports (GENI), Atlanta Braves (BATRA), Manchester United (MANU), and Atlanta Braves (BATRK). These companies are all part of the "entertainment" industry.

Sphere Entertainment vs. Its Competitors

Sphere Entertainment (NYSE:SPHR) and Life Time Group (NYSE:LTH) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, media sentiment, valuation, earnings, profitability and institutional ownership.

Sphere Entertainment presently has a consensus price target of $50.44, indicating a potential downside of 15.35%. Life Time Group has a consensus price target of $35.92, indicating a potential upside of 28.25%. Given Life Time Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Life Time Group is more favorable than Sphere Entertainment.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Sphere Entertainment
1 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.56
Life Time Group
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.62

Life Time Group has higher revenue and earnings than Sphere Entertainment. Sphere Entertainment is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Life Time Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Sphere Entertainment$1.03B2.08-$200.65M-$5.32-11.20
Life Time Group$2.62B2.35$156.24M$1.0227.46

In the previous week, Sphere Entertainment had 4 more articles in the media than Life Time Group. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Sphere Entertainment and 13 mentions for Life Time Group. Sphere Entertainment's average media sentiment score of 1.17 beat Life Time Group's score of 0.87 indicating that Sphere Entertainment is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Sphere Entertainment
9 Very Positive mention(s)
6 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Life Time Group
9 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Life Time Group has a net margin of 8.03% compared to Sphere Entertainment's net margin of -14.68%. Life Time Group's return on equity of 9.05% beat Sphere Entertainment's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Sphere Entertainment-14.68% -19.27% -9.85%
Life Time Group 8.03%9.05%3.33%

Sphere Entertainment has a beta of 1.74, indicating that its share price is 74% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Life Time Group has a beta of 1.72, indicating that its share price is 72% more volatile than the S&P 500.

92.0% of Sphere Entertainment shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.4% of Life Time Group shares are held by institutional investors. 22.1% of Sphere Entertainment shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 8.7% of Life Time Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Life Time Group beats Sphere Entertainment on 11 of the 16 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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SPHR vs. The Competition

MetricSphere EntertainmentMEDIA CONGLOM IndustryDiscretionary SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$2.16B$17.24B$8.41B$21.51B
Dividend YieldN/A2.72%2.97%3.49%
P/E Ratio-11.2035.6818.5229.83
Price / Sales2.083.315.6953.44
Price / Cash7.8419.9417.2024.76
Price / Book0.852.115.084.53
Net Income-$200.65M$446.33M$255.59M$998.53M
7 Day Performance9.01%1.88%1.91%1.09%
1 Month Performance49.57%3.81%18.39%4.39%
1 Year Performance45.34%42.65%50.61%13.83%

Sphere Entertainment Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SPHR
Sphere Entertainment
1.6922 of 5 stars
$59.59
-1.2%
$50.44
-15.3%
+42.7%$2.16B$1.03B-11.203,100Positive News
LTH
Life Time Group
3.4863 of 5 stars
$29.22
+0.8%
$35.92
+22.9%
+14.6%$6.38B$2.62B26.3443,800Insider Trade
SGHC
Super Group (SGHC)
3.854 of 5 stars
$12.67
+0.1%
$13.88
+9.6%
+270.5%$6.37B$1.84B46.913,300News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↑
RSI
Rush Street Interactive
2.3632 of 5 stars
$20.97
-1.0%
$18.33
-12.6%
+115.3%$4.84B$924.08M104.87470Positive News
MSGS
Madison Square Garden
3.4302 of 5 stars
$203.04
+3.6%
$253.60
+24.9%
+4.4%$4.71B$1.04B-220.691,007Positive News
STRZ
Starz Entertainment
3.6917 of 5 stars
$12.83
+1.8%
$22.00
+71.5%
N/A$3.03BN/A0.001,450
PRKS
United Parks & Resorts
3.0747 of 5 stars
$52.55
-3.5%
$57.73
+9.9%
+0.2%$2.99B$1.73B14.4416,700Positive News
GENI
Genius Sports
3.1591 of 5 stars
$12.78
-5.4%
$14.13
+10.6%
+62.5%$2.91B$510.89M-41.212,400
BATRA
Atlanta Braves
1.4105 of 5 stars
$46.55
+2.1%
$52.50
+12.8%
+3.8%$2.86B$662.75M-133.001,450News Coverage
Positive News
MANU
Manchester United
1.3907 of 5 stars
$15.72
-1.1%
$23.00
+46.3%
-0.5%$2.69B$833.39M-32.081,140
BATRK
Atlanta Braves
3.164 of 5 stars
$42.37
+0.0%
$57.00
+34.5%
+1.6%$2.66B$662.75M-121.061,240Positive News
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This page (NYSE:SPHR) was last updated on 9/17/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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