Madison Square Garden Entertainment (NYSE:SPHR – Get Rating) is one of 35 public companies in the “Amusement & recreation services” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its competitors? We will compare Madison Square Garden Entertainment to similar businesses based on the strength of its analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, dividends and risk.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for Madison Square Garden Entertainment and its competitors, as provided by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Madison Square Garden Entertainment | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2.00 |
| Madison Square Garden Entertainment Competitors | 15 | 176 | 392 | 4 | 2.66 |
Madison Square Garden Entertainment presently has a consensus price target of $25.00, suggesting a potential upside of 0.89%. As a group, “Amusement & recreation services” companies have a potential upside of 24.91%. Given Madison Square Garden Entertainment’s competitors stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Madison Square Garden Entertainment has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.
Risk and Volatility
Institutional & Insider Ownership
73.3% of Madison Square Garden Entertainment shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 30.4% of shares of all “Amusement & recreation services” companies are held by institutional investors. 24.6% of Madison Square Garden Entertainment shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 32.2% of shares of all “Amusement & recreation services” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Profitability
This table compares Madison Square Garden Entertainment and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Madison Square Garden Entertainment | -7.20% | -3.21% | -1.12% |
| Madison Square Garden Entertainment Competitors | -1,580.80% | -49.06% | -261.71% |
Valuation and Earnings
This table compares Madison Square Garden Entertainment and its competitors revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Net Income | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Madison Square Garden Entertainment | $1.72 billion | -$194.40 million | -6.21 |
| Madison Square Garden Entertainment Competitors | $1.49 billion | -$4.14 million | 1.79 |
Madison Square Garden Entertainment has higher revenue, but lower earnings than its competitors. Madison Square Garden Entertainment is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.
Summary
Madison Square Garden Entertainment competitors beat Madison Square Garden Entertainment on 8 of the 13 factors compared.
Madison Square Garden Entertainment Company Profile
Madison Square Garden Entertainment Corp. provides entertainment experiences. The Company presents or hosts events in its diverse collection of venues: New York’s Madison Square Garden, Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden, Radio City Music Hall and Beacon Theatre; the Forum in Inglewood, CA and The Chicago Theatre. Also under the MSG Entertainment umbrella is Tao Group Hospitality, with entertainment dining and nightlife brands including Tao, Marquee, Lavo, Avenue, Beauty & Essex and Cath?drale. Madison Square Garden Entertainment Corp. is based in NEW YORK.
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