Critical Survey: Avolta (OTCMKTS:DUFRY) & Madison Square Garden (NYSE:MSGS)

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

Profitability

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

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

Institutional and Insider Ownership

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

Volatility and Risk

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

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for Avolta and Madison Square Garden, as provided by MarketBeat.

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

Madison Square Garden has a consensus target price of $261.33, suggesting a potential upside of 0.34%. Given Madison Square Garden’s higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Madison Square Garden is more favorable than Avolta.

Valuation and Earnings

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

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

Avolta has higher revenue and earnings than Madison Square Garden.

Summary

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

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.

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.