Verdict: Side-by-side breakdown using the Bull Rankings model. NWSA scored 51.8, MSGE scored 58.6 — MSGE leads.
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NWSA
News Corporation
Entertainment · Quality-Growth
51.8
$29.12 · $15.7B
fundamentals as of
Score gap
6.8
MSGE leads
MSGE
Madison Square Garden Entertainment Corp.
Entertainment · Quality-Growth
58.6
$80.84 · $3.8B
fundamentals as of
At a glance · who leads each dimension, on the model's own rules
CheapestNWSA28.3x
Fastest growthMSGE+12.5%
Highest qualityMSGE83 / 100
Largest discount to fair valueMSGE-57%
Side by side · every name on one set of axes
Growth against the P/E multiple. Up and to the right is cheaper and faster — the quality-growth idea in one picture. Points beyond the axis are pinned to the edge and marked off-scale rather than allowed to compress everything else.
The model, pillar by pillar (0–100 each)
NWSA
stronger →← stronger
MSGE
64
Qualityreturns · margins · balance sheet
83
56
Growthrevenue & earnings expansion
86
39
Valuevaluation vs sector peers
28
MSGE is stronger on 2 of 3 pillars.
Fundamentals, head-to-head
NWSA
MSGE
$811mC+
FCF
$323mC
+6.8%C+
Rev
+12.5%B+
0.32A-
D/E
—
28.3xC+
P/E
58.6xC
2.60C
PEG
11.16D
Winner per row is the stronger grade; where grades tie, the better figure breaks it. A true tie or a missing value shows no highlight.
Valuation · DCF cross-check
NWSA
MSGE
20% above
Price vs fair valuelower is cheaper
57% below
~10%/yr
Growth the price impliesyr-1 FCF growth, fading to 4% · lower = less priced in
~-11%/yr
-20%
1-yr DCF upside
+109%
-16%
5-yr DCF upside
+134%
-12%
10-yr DCF upside
+179%
These two disagree on this pair: the Value pillar ranks cheapness against sector peers, while price-vs-fair-value is an absolute read. A name can be the better value in its sector and still the dearer one on cash flows.
The DCF is a cross-check on intrinsic value, separate from the quality-growth score above.
Model signals
NWSA
Why this score
Buying back stock
MSGE
Why this score
Durable high returns
The companies
NWSANews Corporation
Entertainment · $29.12 · beta 0.98
Why now
Entertainment · market cap $15.7b. 8% off the 52-week high of $31.66. 8 sell-side analysts publish a mean 1-yr target of $36.16 (implying +24% upside).
Moat
FCF converts 142% of net income — earnings translate cleanly into cash.
Risk
ROE 7% is below the long-run sustainable threshold of ~10% — capital efficiency would need to improve for the equity base to compound at the market rate.
MSGEMadison Square Garden Entertainment Corp.
Entertainment · $80.84 · beta 0.56
Why now
Entertainment · market cap $3.8b. 11% off the 52-week high of $90.41. Revenue growing +13%, comfortably above the S&P median. 8 sell-side analysts rate this a Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $91.63 (implying +13% upside).
Moat
Free cash flow runs well ahead of reported net income, mostly because of cash released from working capital ($181m) — a release that doesn't repeat every year the way earnings can.
Risk
Trailing P/E 58.6x prices in sustained high growth — any quarter that disappoints triggers sharp re-rating.
Verdict — model-derived comparison
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Where NWSA and MSGE diverge
On the headline score the gap is 6.8 points in favor of MSGE. They get there differently, though — each leads on a different pillar, so the better pick depends on which you weight.
GrowthNWSA 56.5 · MSGE 85.8MSGE +29.3
QualityNWSA 63.7 · MSGE 83.5MSGE +19.8
ValueNWSA 38.8 · MSGE 28.1NWSA +10.7
Pillars run 0–100. Value is judged against each company's own sector, so a Value score is a statement about a company relative to its own industry rather than to the other name here. A wide Value gap usually means the market already prices the difference in quality or growth — which is the trade-off this comparison comes down to.
Common questions
Is MSGE or NWSA the better stock?
MSGE scores higher: MSGE 58.6, NWSA 51.8 out of 100 on the Bull Rankings quality-growth score, which blends business quality, growth and valuation into one number. A higher score means a stronger business at a more reasonable price — it is not a price target or a recommendation.
Where do MSGE and NWSA differ most?
The widest gap is growth, where MSGE leads by 29 points on the 0–100 pillar scale. Neither name sweeps: they trade the lead across the three pillars, so the comparison is a trade-off rather than one being better on every measure.
How are MSGE and NWSA scored?
Each carries the same 0–100 quality-growth score used everywhere on the site, built from three pillars — quality (profitability and returns on capital), growth (revenue and earnings), and value (what you pay for them) — combined as a geometric mean, so a weak pillar cannot be papered over by a strong one.
How current is this comparison?
The whole universe is re-scored every trading day after the US market close, so the scores and fundamentals here reflect the latest published edition.