Madison Square Garden Sports (NYSE:MSGS) vs. Falcon’s Beyond Global (NASDAQ:FBYD) Critical Review

Madison Square Garden Sports (NYSE:MSGS) and Falcon’s Beyond Global (NASDAQ:FBYD) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, valuation, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and price targets for Madison Square Garden Sports and Falcon’s Beyond Global, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Madison Square Garden Sports	0	0	0	0	N/A
Falcon’s Beyond Global	0	0	0	0	N/A

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Madison Square Garden Sports and Falcon’s Beyond Global’s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Madison Square Garden Sports	$887.45 million	5.34	$47.79 million	$0.98	201.78
Falcon’s Beyond Global	$18.24 million	79.33	-$47.60 million	N/A	N/A

Madison Square Garden Sports has higher revenue and earnings than Falcon’s Beyond Global.

Profitability

This table compares Madison Square Garden Sports and Falcon’s Beyond Global’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Madison Square Garden Sports	2.59%	-7.23%	1.77%
Falcon’s Beyond Global	N/A	N/A	N/A

Insider & Institutional Ownership

68.9% of Madison Square Garden Sports shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 38.9% of Falcon’s Beyond Global shares are held by institutional investors. 22.3% of Madison Square Garden Sports shares 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.

Summary

Madison Square Garden Sports beats Falcon’s Beyond Global on 6 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Madison Square Garden Sports

Madison Square Garden Sports Corp. operates as a professional sports company in the United States. The company owns and operates a portfolio of assets that consists of the New York Knickerbockers of the National Basketball Association (NBA) and the New York Rangers of the National Hockey League. Its other professional franchises include two development league teams, the Hartford Wolf Pack of the American Hockey League and the Westchester Knicks of the NBA G League. The company also owns Knicks Gaming, an esports franchise that competes in the NBA 2K League, as well as a controlling interest in Counter Logic Gaming, a North American esports organization. In addition, it operates two professional sports team performance centers, the Madison Square Garden Training Center in Greenburgh. The company was formerly known as The Madison Square Garden Company. Madison Square Garden Sports Corp. was incorporated in 2015 and is based in New York, New York.

About Falcon’s Beyond Global

Falcon's Beyond Global, Inc. operates as an entertainment company in the United States, Saudi Arabia, Caribbean, Hong Kong, and internationally. The company creates master plans; designs attractions and experiential entertainment; and produces content, interactives, and software, as well as engages in media and audio production, project management, experiential technologies, and attraction hardware development, procurement, and sales. It also develops a diverse range of entertainment experiences using owned and third party licensed intellectual property, spanning location-based entertainment, dining, and retail; and engages in animation, movies, licensing and merchandising, and gaming, as well as ride and technology sales. In addition, the company develops, owns, and operates resort hotels, theme parks, attractions, retail, dining, and location-based entertainment venues; and operates an online gift shop. The company is headquartered in Orlando, Florida.