Madison Square Garden Entertainment (NYSE:MSGE – Get Free Report) and Liberty Media Corporation – Liberty Formula One Series B (OTCMKTS:FWONB – Get Free Report) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, risk, profitability and institutional ownership.
Risk and Volatility
Madison Square Garden Entertainment has a beta of 0.45, suggesting that its share price is 55% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Liberty Media Corporation – Liberty Formula One Series B has a beta of 0.41, suggesting that its share price is 59% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Institutional and Insider Ownership
96.9% of Madison Square Garden Entertainment shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 1.0% of Liberty Media Corporation – Liberty Formula One Series B shares are held by institutional investors. 17.9% of Madison Square Garden Entertainment shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.3% of Liberty Media Corporation – Liberty Formula One Series B shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Profitability
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Madison Square Garden Entertainment | 13.49% | -1,070.57% | 8.58% |
| Liberty Media Corporation – Liberty Formula One Series B | -2.68% | N/A | N/A |
Earnings & Valuation
This table compares Madison Square Garden Entertainment and Liberty Media Corporation – Liberty Formula One Series B”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Madison Square Garden Entertainment | $959.27 million | 1.73 | $144.30 million | $2.74 | 14.88 |
| Liberty Media Corporation – Liberty Formula One Series B | $3.32 billion | 6.90 | -$30.00 million | ($0.40) | -229.38 |
Madison Square Garden Entertainment has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Liberty Media Corporation – Liberty Formula One Series B. Liberty Media Corporation – Liberty Formula One Series B is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Madison Square Garden Entertainment, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of recent ratings and recommmendations for Madison Square Garden Entertainment and Liberty Media Corporation – Liberty Formula One Series B, as provided by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Madison Square Garden Entertainment | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3.00 |
| Liberty Media Corporation – Liberty Formula One Series B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
Madison Square Garden Entertainment currently has a consensus price target of $42.75, indicating a potential upside of 4.85%. Given Madison Square Garden Entertainment’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Madison Square Garden Entertainment is more favorable than Liberty Media Corporation – Liberty Formula One Series B.
Summary
Madison Square Garden Entertainment beats Liberty Media Corporation – Liberty Formula One Series B on 11 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Madison Square Garden Entertainment
Madison Square Garden Entertainment Corp. engages in the provision of entertainment services. Its portfolio of venues includes The Garden, Radio City Music Hall, the Beacon Theatre, The Theater at Madison Square, and The Chicago Theatre. The company was founded in 1879 and is headquartered in New York, NY.
About Liberty Media Corporation – Liberty Formula One Series B
Formula One Group, through its subsidiary Formula 1, engages in the motorsports business in the United States and internationally. The company holds commercial rights for the FIA Formula One world championship, approximately a nine-month long motor race-based competition in which teams compete for the constructors' championship and drivers compete for the drivers' championship. It is also involved in the operation of the Formula 1 Paddock Club hospitality program; and provision of freight, logistical, and travel related services for the teams and other third parties, as well as the F2 and F3 race series. The company was founded in 1950 and is based in Englewood, Colorado. Formula One Group operates as a subsidiary of Liberty Media Corporation.
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