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Financial Comparison: The Madison Square Garden (MSG) & MSG Networks (NYSE:MSGN)
The Madison Square Garden (NYSE: MSG) and MSG Networks (NYSE:MSGN) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, profitabiliy, valuation, dividends, earnings, institutional ownership and analyst recommendations.
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Valuation & Earnings
This table compares The Madison Square Garden and MSG Networks’ top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | EBITDA | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| The Madison Square Garden | $1.23 billion | 3.35 | $97.01 million | ($1.93) | -112.26 |
| MSG Networks | $673.00 million | 1.85 | $323.63 million | $2.33 | 8.69 |
MSG Networks has higher revenue, but lower earnings than The Madison Square Garden. The Madison Square Garden is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than MSG Networks, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Risk and Volatility
The Madison Square Garden has a beta of 1.16, meaning that its stock price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MSG Networks has a beta of 0.78, meaning that its stock price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of current ratings for The Madison Square Garden and MSG Networks, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| The Madison Square Garden | 1 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 2.55 |
| MSG Networks | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2.33 |
The Madison Square Garden presently has a consensus target price of $203.00, suggesting a potential downside of 6.30%. MSG Networks has a consensus target price of $24.00, suggesting a potential upside of 18.52%. Given MSG Networks’ higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe MSG Networks is more favorable than The Madison Square Garden.
Profitability
This table compares The Madison Square Garden and MSG Networks’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| The Madison Square Garden | -3.81% | -1.57% | -1.12% |
| MSG Networks | 26.21% | -16.20% | 20.43% |
Institutional & Insider Ownership
85.0% of The Madison Square Garden shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.3% of MSG Networks shares are held by institutional investors. 18.6% of The Madison Square Garden shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 18.1% of MSG Networks shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
The Madison Square Garden beats MSG Networks on 8 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
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