Analyzing fuboTV (NYSE:FUBO) & New York Times (NYSE:NYT)

fuboTV (NYSE:FUBO) and New York Times (NYSE:NYT) are both communication services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation and earnings.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

39.3% of fuboTV shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.4% of New York Times shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.3% of fuboTV shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of New York Times shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current recommendations and price targets for fuboTV and New York Times, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
fuboTV	1	2	6	1	2.70
New York Times	0	5	5	1	2.64

fuboTV currently has a consensus price target of $16.83, indicating a potential upside of 120.62%. New York Times has a consensus price target of $82.80, indicating a potential upside of 21.17%. Given fuboTV’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe fuboTV is more favorable than New York Times.

Profitability

This table compares fuboTV and New York Times’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
fuboTV	-0.71%	-7.67%	-1.33%
New York Times	13.41%	23.06%	15.82%

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares fuboTV and New York Times”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
fuboTV	$377.20 million	0.61	-$18.87 million	($1.28)	-5.96
New York Times	$3.05 billion	3.62	$343.98 million	$2.50	27.33

New York Times has higher revenue and earnings than fuboTV. fuboTV is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than New York Times, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Risk and Volatility

fuboTV has a beta of 2.37, meaning that its share price is 137% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, New York Times has a beta of 0.89, meaning that its share price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

New York Times beats fuboTV on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About fuboTV

fuboTV, Inc. engages in providing subscription to sports, news, and entertainment content. It offers its services through streaming devices and on television, mobile phones, tablets, and computers. The company was founded by David Gandler, Alberto Horihuela Suarez, and Sung Ho Choi on February 20, 2009 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

About New York Times

The New York Times Company, together with its subsidiaries, creates, collects, and distributes news and information worldwide. The company operates through two segments, The New York Times Group and The Athletic. It offers The New York Times (The Times) through company’s mobile application, website, printed newspaper, and associated content, such as podcast. The company also offers The Athletic, a sports media product; Cooking, a recipe product; Games, a puzzle games product; and Audio, an audio product. In addition, it offers a portfolio of advertising products and services to advertisers, such as luxury goods, technology, and financial companies, to promote products, services or brands on digital platforms in the form of display ads, audio and video, in print in the form of column-inch ads, and at live events; and Wirecutter, a product review and recommendation product. Further, the company licenses content to digital aggregators in the business, professional, academic and library markets, and third-party digital platforms; articles, graphics, and photographs, including newspapers, magazines, and websites; and for use in television, films, and books, as well as provide rights to reprint articles, and create and sell new digests. Additionally, it engages in commercial printing and distribution for third parties; and operates the NYTimes.com website. The company was founded in 1851 and is headquartered in New York, New York.