Head-To-Head Survey: Madison Square Garden (NYSE:MSGS) vs. Avolta (OTCMKTS:DUFRY)

Madison Square Garden (NYSE:MSGS) and Avolta (OTCMKTS:DUFRY) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends and profitability.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Madison Square Garden and Avolta”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Madison Square Garden	$1.04 billion	6.02	-$22.44 million	($0.98)	-265.77
Avolta	$15.33 billion	0.56	$117.00 million	N/A	N/A

Avolta has higher revenue and earnings than Madison Square Garden.

Profitability

This table compares Madison Square Garden and Avolta’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Madison Square Garden	-2.31%	-1.76%	-1.60%
Avolta	N/A	N/A	N/A

Volatility & Risk

Madison Square Garden has a beta of 0.66, indicating that its share price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Avolta has a beta of 1.14, indicating that its share price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings for Madison Square Garden and Avolta, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Madison Square Garden	1	4	5	0	2.40
Avolta	0	1	0	1	3.00

Madison Square Garden currently has a consensus price target of $261.33, indicating a potential upside of 0.34%. Given Madison Square Garden’s higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Madison Square Garden is more favorable than Avolta.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

68.9% of Madison Square Garden shares are owned by institutional investors. 19.1% of Madison Square Garden shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Avolta beats Madison Square Garden on 8 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Madison Square Garden

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 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. In addition, it operates 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 Avolta

Avolta AG operates as a travel retailer. The company’s retail brands include general travel retail shops under the Dufry, World Duty Free, Nuance, Hellenic Duty Free, Zurich Duty-Free or Stockholm Duty-Free, Autogrill, and HMSHost brands; Dufry shopping stores; brand boutiques; convenience stores primarily under the Hudson brand; and specialized shops and theme stores. It offers perfumes and cosmetics, food and confectionery, wines and spirits, watches and jewelry, fashion and leather, tobacco goods, souvenirs, electronics, soft drinks, packaged food, travel accessories, personal items, sunglasses, destination, and other products, as well as newspapers, magazines, and books. It operates duty-free and duty-paid shops located at airports, border, downtown and hotel shops, railway stations and other, cruise liners and ferries, seaports, and motorways in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, North America, Latin America, and the Asia Pacific. The company was formerly known as Dufry AG and changed its name to Avolta AG in November 2023. Avolta AG was incorporated in 1865 and is headquartered in Basel, Switzerland.