TKO vs. WMG, EDR, LYV, IHG, CCL, H, FOXA, FWONA, SNA, and NWS
Should you be buying TKO Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of TKO Group include Warner Music Group (WMG), Endeavor Group (EDR), Live Nation Entertainment (LYV), InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG), Carnival Co. & (CCL), Hyatt Hotels (H), FOX (FOXA), Formula One Group (FWONA), Snap-on (SNA), and News (NWS). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
Warner Music Group (NASDAQ:WMG) and TKO Group (NYSE:TKO) are both large-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, TKO Group had 11 more articles in the media than Warner Music Group. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for TKO Group and 4 mentions for Warner Music Group. Warner Music Group's average media sentiment score of 0.30 beat TKO Group's score of 0.27 indicating that TKO Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Warner Music Group has higher revenue and earnings than TKO Group. Warner Music Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than TKO Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
96.9% of Warner Music Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.8% of TKO Group shares are held by institutional investors. 73.3% of Warner Music Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 38.9% of TKO Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Warner Music Group received 24 more outperform votes than TKO Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 80.95% of users gave TKO Group an outperform vote while only 37.61% of users gave Warner Music Group an outperform vote.
Warner Music Group presently has a consensus target price of $36.88, suggesting a potential upside of 9.87%. TKO Group has a consensus target price of $108.31, suggesting a potential upside of 12.60%. Given Warner Music Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe TKO Group is more favorable than Warner Music Group.
Warner Music Group has a beta of 1.46, indicating that its stock price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TKO Group has a beta of 1.06, indicating that its stock price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Warner Music Group has a net margin of 7.42% compared to Warner Music Group's net margin of 3.02%. TKO Group's return on equity of 128.86% beat Warner Music Group's return on equity.
Warner Music Group pays an annual dividend of $0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. TKO Group pays an annual dividend of $0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Warner Music Group pays out 77.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. TKO Group pays out 17.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Warner Music Group has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years. Warner Music Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Summary
Warner Music Group beats TKO Group on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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