TKO vs Warner Music
TKO and WMG side by side, both in amusement and recreation services. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How TKO and WMG compare
TKO is the larger company, worth 2.1 times as much as Warner Music ($34.2B against $16.0B).
Warner Music grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (12.9% versus 5.1% for TKO).
Warner Music keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 9.2% compared with 4.3% at TKO.
Both pay dividends: TKO yields 1.7% and Warner Music 2.5%.
Warner Music scores higher on the StockData Score (11 against 10 for TKO), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | TKO | WMG |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $34.2B | $16.0B |
| Share price | $180.68 | $30.62 |
| Change, 1 year | −3.2% | −2.2% |
| Change, 5 years | 208% | −36.5% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.66 | 1.05 |
| Employees | 4,000 | 5,500 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 10 | 11 (better) |
| Valuation score | 1 (better) | 0 |
| Growth score | 2 (better) | 1 |
| Performance score | 3 | 5 (better) |
| Health score | 3 (better) | 1 |
| Dividend score | 1 | 4 (better) |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 63.4× | – |
| P/S | 6.5× | 2.2× (better) |
| P/B | 10.1× (better) | 18.8× |
| EV/EBITDA | 25.1× | 10.9× (better) |
| P/FCF | – | 19.2× |
| FCF yield | – | 5.2% |
| Fair value | $96.54 | $27.89 |
| Margin of safety | −87.2% | −9.8% (better) |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 5.1% | 12.9% (better) |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | – | 8.5% |
| Net income growth (TTM) | 8.8% | 126% (better) |
| EPS growth (TTM) | 17.8% | – |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | – | 45.8% |
| Operating margin | 18.8% (better) | 13.7% |
| Net margin | 4.3% | 9.2% (better) |
| FCF margin | – | 11.4% |
| Return on equity | 6.0% | 93.1% (better) |
| Return on invested capital | 12.9% | 35.0% (better) |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 1.36 | – |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 2.65 | – |
| Interest coverage | 4.1× | 5.5× (better) |
| Current ratio | 1.28 (better) | 0.73 |
| Altman Z-score | 3.06 (better) | 1.71 |
| Piotroski F-score | 5 (better) | 4 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 1.7% | 2.5% (better) |
| Payout ratio | 105% | 59.5% |
| Years of dividend growth | – | 4 |
| Buyback yield | – | 0.38% |
| Shareholder yield | 1.7% | 2.9% (better) |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 38.8% | 30.5% |
| Held by insiders | – | 72.3% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$61.7M | $3.0M (better) |
| Superinvestors holding | 1 | 2 (better) |
| Short interest, % of float | – | 7.0% |
Go deeper
- TKO stock overview
- TKO income statement
- TKO valuation and score
- WMG stock overview
- WMG income statement
- WMG valuation and score
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