Madison Square Garden Entertainment (NYSE:MSGE – Get Free Report) and BuzzFeed (NASDAQ:BZFD – Get Free Report) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, valuation and analyst recommendations.
Profitability
This table compares Madison Square Garden Entertainment and BuzzFeed’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Madison Square Garden Entertainment | 4.81% | 4,795.27% | 3.31% |
| BuzzFeed | -33.26% | -97.22% | -30.89% |
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of recent ratings and recommmendations for Madison Square Garden Entertainment and BuzzFeed, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Madison Square Garden Entertainment | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2.63 |
| BuzzFeed | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.50 |
Earnings & Valuation
This table compares Madison Square Garden Entertainment and BuzzFeed”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Madison Square Garden Entertainment | $942.73 million | 2.94 | $37.43 million | $1.02 | 67.08 |
| BuzzFeed | $185.27 million | 0.30 | -$57.72 million | ($1.60) | -0.93 |
Madison Square Garden Entertainment has higher revenue and earnings than BuzzFeed. BuzzFeed 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.
Insider and Institutional Ownership
96.9% of Madison Square Garden Entertainment shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 37.6% of BuzzFeed shares are owned by institutional investors. 16.4% of Madison Square Garden Entertainment shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 19.2% of BuzzFeed shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Volatility and Risk
Madison Square Garden Entertainment has a beta of 0.61, indicating that its stock price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BuzzFeed has a beta of 3.4, indicating that its stock price is 240% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Madison Square Garden Entertainment beats BuzzFeed on 13 of the 15 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 BuzzFeed
BuzzFeed, Inc., a digital media company, distributes content across owned and operated, as well as third-party platforms. The company offers BuzzFeed, a go-to authority for entertainment, pop culture, and Internet with articles, lists, quizzes, videos, and original series; BuzzFeed News, a pocket friendly newsroom; Tasty, a platform for food content; HuffPost, media platform for news, politics, opinion, entertainment, features, and lifestyle content. It also provides display, programmatic, and video advertising on its owned and operated sites and applications. BuzzFeed, Inc. is headquartered in New York, New York.
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