Verdict: Side-by-side breakdown using the Bull Rankings model. TKO scored 42.5, MSGE scored 58.6 — MSGE leads.
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TKO
TKO Group Holdings, Inc.
Entertainment · Quality-Growth
42.5
$178.01 · $33.7B
fundamentals as of
Score gap
16.1
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
CheapestMSGE58.6x
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)
TKO
stronger →← stronger
MSGE
57
Qualityreturns · margins · balance sheet
83
66
Growthrevenue & earnings expansion
86
20
Valuevaluation vs sector peers
28
MSGE is stronger on 3 of 3 pillars.
Fundamentals, head-to-head
TKO
MSGE
$1.7bC+
FCF
$323mC
+5.1%C+
Rev
+12.5%B+
0.59B
D/E
—
62.2xC
P/E
58.6xC
1.52C+
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
TKO
MSGE
35% below
Price vs fair valuelower is cheaper
57% below
~4%/yr
Growth the price impliesyr-1 FCF growth, fading to 4% · lower = less priced in
~-11%/yr
+17%
1-yr DCF upside
+109%
+53%
5-yr DCF upside
+134%
+130%
10-yr DCF upside
+179%
The DCF is a cross-check on intrinsic value, separate from the quality-growth score above.
Model signals
TKO
Why this score
Diluting shareholders
Cut its dividend
MSGE
Why this score
Durable high returns
The companies
TKOTKO Group Holdings, Inc.
Entertainment · $178.01 · beta 0.69
Why now
Entertainment · market cap $33.7b. Down 22% from 52-week high of $226.94 — deep drawdown territory. 19 sell-side analysts rate this a Strong Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $231.63 (implying +30% upside).
Moat
Free cash flow runs well ahead of reported net income, mostly because of depreciation and amortization ($553m) — non-cash charges that hold down reported earnings while cash generation stays strong.
Risk
Trailing P/E 62.2x prices in sustained high growth — any quarter that disappoints triggers sharp re-rating. Net margin 4.3% is thin — operating leverage cuts both ways; input-cost inflation or pricing pressure hits the bottom line first. 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
Generating verdict… typically 5–10 seconds
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Where TKO and MSGE diverge
On the headline score the gap is 16.1 points in favor of MSGE. The widest single difference is Quality, where MSGE leads by 26.3 points.
QualityTKO 57.2 · MSGE 83.5MSGE +26.3
GrowthTKO 66.4 · MSGE 85.8MSGE +19.4
ValueTKO 20.3 · MSGE 28.1MSGE +7.8
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 TKO the better stock?
MSGE scores higher: MSGE 58.6, TKO 42.5 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 TKO differ most?
The widest gap is quality, where MSGE leads by 26 points on the 0–100 pillar scale. MSGE leads all three pillars, so the gap is broad rather than a single-measure difference.
How are MSGE and TKO 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.