Reviewing FOX (FOXA) & Its Rivals

FOX (NASDAQ:FOXA) is one of 257 publicly-traded companies in the “Media” industry, but how does it compare to its rivals? We will compare FOX to similar companies based on the strength of its analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation, earnings, profitability and risk.

Risk and Volatility

FOX has a beta of 0.63, suggesting that its share price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, FOX’s rivals have a beta of 0.96, suggesting that their average share price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Dividends

FOX pays an annual dividend of $0.58 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. FOX pays out 12.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Media” companies pay a dividend yield of 5.3% and pay out 135.1% of their earnings in the form of a dividend. FOX has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years.

Profitability

This table compares FOX and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
FOX	11.30%	23.96%	12.52%
FOX Competitors	-19.17%	-48.95%	-4.95%

Insider and Institutional Ownership

52.5% of FOX shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 38.1% of shares of all “Media” companies are held by institutional investors. 20.9% of FOX shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 17.5% of shares of all “Media” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent recommendations for FOX and its rivals, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
FOX	0	11	13	2	2.65
FOX Competitors	2340	6935	10781	490	2.46

FOX presently has a consensus target price of $79.16, indicating a potential upside of 20.50%. As a group, “Media” companies have a potential upside of 30.78%. Given FOX’s rivals higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe FOX has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares FOX and its rivals revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
FOX	$17.13 billion	$1.69 billion	13.95
FOX Competitors	$3.28 billion	$35.12 million	-1.78

FOX has higher revenue and earnings than its rivals. FOX is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its rivals, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Summary

FOX beats its rivals on 11 of the 15 factors compared.

About FOX

Fox Corporation is a media company focused primarily on news, sports and entertainment for audiences in the United States. Its businesses include Fox News Media, Fox Sports and Fox Entertainment, which produce and distribute television programming, news coverage, live sports and entertainment content. The company also operates the Fox broadcast network and local television stations, and offers streaming services including Tubi, an ad-supported streaming platform, and Fox Nation, a subscription service.