Atlanta Braves (NASDAQ:BATRA – Get Free Report) and BuzzFeed (NASDAQ:BZFD – Get Free Report) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, profitability, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of current recommendations and price targets for Atlanta Braves and BuzzFeed, as provided by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Atlanta Braves | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2.33 |
| BuzzFeed | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.50 |
Atlanta Braves currently has a consensus target price of $45.00, suggesting a potential downside of 15.27%. BuzzFeed has a consensus target price of $1.00, suggesting a potential upside of 41.52%. Given BuzzFeed’s higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe BuzzFeed is more favorable than Atlanta Braves.
Earnings & Valuation
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Atlanta Braves | $732.49 million | 4.56 | -$23.37 million | ($0.39) | -136.18 |
| BuzzFeed | $185.27 million | 0.14 | -$57.72 million | ($1.53) | -0.46 |
Atlanta Braves has higher revenue and earnings than BuzzFeed. Atlanta Braves is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BuzzFeed, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Risk & Volatility
Atlanta Braves has a beta of 0.54, suggesting that its stock price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BuzzFeed has a beta of 3.43, suggesting that its stock price is 243% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Institutional and Insider Ownership
12.3% of Atlanta Braves shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 37.6% of BuzzFeed shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.4% of Atlanta Braves shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 19.2% of BuzzFeed shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Profitability
This table compares Atlanta Braves and BuzzFeed’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Atlanta Braves | -3.19% | 0.08% | 0.03% |
| BuzzFeed | -31.16% | -75.23% | -28.40% |
Summary
Atlanta Braves beats BuzzFeed on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Atlanta Braves
Atlanta Braves Holdings, Inc. owns and operates the Atlanta Braves Major league baseball club. It also operates mixed-use development project, including retail, office, hotel, and entertainment projects. The company was incorporated in 2022 and is based in Englewood, Colorado.
About BuzzFeed
BuzzFeed, Inc., a digital media company, distributes content across owned and operated, as well as third-party platforms. The company offers BuzzFeed, a go-to authority for entertainment, pop culture, and Internet with articles, lists, quizzes, videos, and original series; BuzzFeed News, a pocket friendly newsroom; Tasty, a platform for food content; HuffPost, media platform for news, politics, opinion, entertainment, features, and lifestyle content. It also provides display, programmatic, and video advertising on its owned and operated sites and applications. BuzzFeed, Inc. is headquartered in New York, New York.
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