Verdict: Side-by-side breakdown using the Bull Rankings model. WBD scored 16.1, MSGE scored 58.6 — MSGE leads.
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WBD
Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc.
Entertainment · Quality-Growth
16.1
$30.95 · $77.6B
fundamentals as of
Score gap
42.5
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
Fastest growthMSGE+12.5%
Highest qualityMSGE83 / 100
Largest discount to fair valueMSGE-57%
Side by side · every name on one set of axes
The model, pillar by pillar (0–100 each)
WBD
stronger →← stronger
MSGE
27
Qualityreturns · margins · balance sheet
83
14
Growthrevenue & earnings expansion
86
11
Valuevaluation vs sector peers
28
MSGE is stronger on 3 of 3 pillars.
Fundamentals, head-to-head
WBD
MSGE
$2.2bB
FCF
$323mC
-6.1%D
Rev
+12.5%B+
0.94B
D/E
—
2.1xB
P/S
—
55.18D
PEG
11.16D
—
P/E
58.6xC
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
WBD
MSGE
191% above
Price vs fair valuelower is cheaper
57% below
~37%/yr
Growth the price impliesyr-1 FCF growth, fading to 4% · lower = less priced in
~-11%/yr
-69%
1-yr DCF upside
+109%
-66%
5-yr DCF upside
+134%
-61%
10-yr DCF upside
+179%
The DCF is a cross-check on intrinsic value, separate from the quality-growth score above.
Model signals
WBD
No notable signals flagged.
MSGE
Why this score
Durable high returns
The companies
WBDWarner Bros. Discovery, Inc.
Entertainment · $30.95 · beta 1.54
Why now
Entertainment · market cap $77.6b. Trading near 52-week high of $30.99 — momentum setup, limited technical margin of safety. Revenue -6% — in contraction; any catalyst that reverses this triggers re-rating. 8 sell-side analysts rate this a Hold with a mean 1-yr target of $30.63 (implying -1% upside).
Moat
$77.6b market cap gives the company enough scale to absorb fixed costs that subscale competitors can't, without yet being so large that growth has to come from acquisition.
Risk
Revenue contracting -6% — the operational turn is not yet visible in the top line. Currently unprofitable (margin -8.8%) — path to GAAP profitability is the core thesis risk. Trading within 0% of the 52-week high — limited technical margin of safety; a momentum reversal would test conviction.
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 WBD and MSGE diverge
On the headline score the gap is 42.5 points in favor of MSGE. The widest single difference is Growth, where MSGE leads by 71.4 points.
GrowthWBD 14.4 · MSGE 85.8MSGE +71.4
QualityWBD 27.2 · MSGE 83.5MSGE +56.3
ValueWBD 10.6 · MSGE 28.1MSGE +17.5
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 WBD the better stock?
MSGE scores higher: MSGE 58.6, WBD 16.1 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 WBD differ most?
The widest gap is growth, where MSGE leads by 71 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 WBD 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.