Warner Music Group (NASDAQ:WMG – Get Free Report) and Liberty Media Corporation – Liberty Live Series C (NASDAQ:LLYVK – Get Free Report) are both communication services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership and risk.
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares Warner Music Group and Liberty Media Corporation – Liberty Live Series C”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Warner Music Group | $6.71 billion | 2.05 | $365.00 million | $1.26 | 20.96 |
| Liberty Media Corporation – Liberty Live Series C | N/A | N/A | N/A | ($4.53) | -23.06 |
Volatility and Risk
Warner Music Group has a beta of 1.3, suggesting that its share price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Liberty Media Corporation – Liberty Live Series C has a beta of 0.97, suggesting that its share price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Institutional & Insider Ownership
96.9% of Warner Music Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 60.4% of Liberty Media Corporation – Liberty Live Series C shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Warner Music Group shares are owned 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.
Profitability
This table compares Warner Music Group and Liberty Media Corporation – Liberty Live Series C’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Warner Music Group | 9.20% | 92.97% | 7.62% |
| Liberty Media Corporation – Liberty Live Series C | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of current recommendations and price targets for Warner Music Group and Liberty Media Corporation – Liberty Live Series C, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Warner Music Group | 0 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 2.76 |
| Liberty Media Corporation – Liberty Live Series C | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.50 |
Warner Music Group presently has a consensus price target of $38.21, suggesting a potential upside of 44.70%. Given Warner Music Group’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Warner Music Group is more favorable than Liberty Media Corporation – Liberty Live Series C.
Summary
Warner Music Group beats Liberty Media Corporation – Liberty Live Series C on 12 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Warner Music Group
Warner Music Group Corp. operates as a music entertainment company in the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, and internationally. It operates through Recorded Music and Music Publishing segments. The Recorded Music segment is involved in the discovery and development of recording artists, as well as related marketing, promotion, distribution, sale, and licensing of music created by such recording artists; markets its music catalog through compilations and reissuances of previously released music and video titles, as well as previously unreleased materials; and conducts its operation primarily through a collection of record labels, such as Warner Records and Atlantic Records, as well as Asylum, Big Beat, Canvasback, East West, Erato, FFRR, Fueled by Ramen, Nonesuch, Parlophone, Reprise, Roadrunner, Sire, Spinnin’ Records, Warner Classics, and Warner Music Nashville. This segment markets, distributes, and sells music and video products to retailers and wholesale distributors; independent labels to retail and wholesale distributors; and various distribution centers and ventures, as well as retail outlets, online physical retailers, streaming services, and download services. The Music Publishing segment owns and acquires rights to approximately one million musical compositions comprising pop hits, American standards, folk songs, and motion picture and theatrical compositions. Its catalog includes approximately 150,000 songwriters and composers; and various genres, including pop, rock, jazz, classical, country, R&B, hip-hop, rap, reggae, Latin, folk, blues, symphonic, soul, Broadway, electronic, alternative, and gospel. This segment also administers the music and soundtracks of various third-party television and film producers and studios. The company was founded in 1929 and is headquartered in New York, New York.
About Liberty Media Corporation – Liberty Live Series C
Liberty Live Group operates in the media, communications, and entertainment industries primarily in North America and the United Kingdom. The company is headquartered in Englewood, Colorado.
Receive News & Ratings for Warner Music Group Daily - Enter your email address below to receive a concise daily summary of the latest news and analysts' ratings for Warner Music Group and related companies with MarketBeat.com's FREE daily email newsletter.
