ROKU vs. DISCA, DISH, RCI, WBD, LBRDA, LBRDK, LBTYK, LBTYA, CABO, and LILAK
Should you be buying Roku stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Roku include Warner Bros. Discovery (DISCA), DISH Network (DISH), Rogers Communications (RCI), Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), Liberty Broadband (LBRDA), Liberty Broadband (LBRDK), Liberty Global (LBTYK), Liberty Global (LBTYA), Cable One (CABO), and Liberty Latin America (LILAK).
Warner Bros. Discovery (NASDAQ:DISCA) and Roku (NASDAQ:ROKU) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, earnings, community ranking and profitability.
Warner Bros. Discovery has a beta of 1.12, meaning that its share price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Roku has a beta of 1.69, meaning that its share price is 69% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Roku had 17 more articles in the media than Warner Bros. Discovery. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Roku and 3 mentions for Warner Bros. Discovery. Warner Bros. Discovery's average media sentiment score of 0.09 beat Roku's score of 0.00 indicating that Roku is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Warner Bros. Discovery has a net margin of 8.25% compared to Warner Bros. Discovery's net margin of -15.64%. Roku's return on equity of 8.12% beat Warner Bros. Discovery's return on equity.
Warner Bros. Discovery has higher revenue and earnings than Roku. Roku is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Warner Bros. Discovery, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Roku has a consensus price target of $82.50, indicating a potential upside of 43.73%. Given Warner Bros. Discovery's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Roku is more favorable than Warner Bros. Discovery.
Roku received 32 more outperform votes than Warner Bros. Discovery when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.75% of users gave Roku an outperform vote while only 56.85% of users gave Warner Bros. Discovery an outperform vote.
35.5% of Warner Bros. Discovery shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.3% of Roku shares are held by institutional investors. 6.1% of Warner Bros. Discovery shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 14.0% of Roku shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Roku beats Warner Bros. Discovery on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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