Reviewing fuboTV (FUBO) and The Competition

fuboTV (NYSE:FUBO) is one of 257 publicly-traded companies in the “Media” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its peers? We will compare fuboTV to related companies based on the strength of its profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, valuation and institutional ownership.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

39.3% of fuboTV shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 38.1% of shares of all “Media” companies are held by institutional investors. 5.3% of fuboTV shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 17.5% of shares of all “Media” companies 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

fuboTV has a beta of 2.37, meaning that its stock price is 137% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, fuboTV’s peers have a beta of 0.97, meaning that their average stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings for fuboTV and its peers, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
fuboTV	1	2	7	0	2.60
fuboTV Competitors	2341	6936	10797	491	2.46

fuboTV currently has a consensus price target of $16.50, indicating a potential upside of 117.51%. As a group, “Media” companies have a potential upside of 29.04%. Given fuboTV’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe fuboTV is more favorable than its peers.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares fuboTV and its peers revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
fuboTV	$377.20 million	-$18.87 million	-5.93
fuboTV Competitors	$2.97 billion	$35.12 million	-3.46

fuboTV’s peers have higher revenue and earnings than fuboTV. fuboTV is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Profitability

This table compares fuboTV and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
fuboTV	-0.71%	-7.67%	-1.33%
fuboTV Competitors	-19.17%	-48.96%	-4.96%

Summary

fuboTV beats its peers on 8 of the 13 factors compared.

fuboTV Company Profile

FuboTV Inc., which operates under the Fubo name, is a live-TV streaming company with a focus on sports. Its subscription service offers live sports programming alongside news and entertainment channels, providing an internet-based alternative to traditional pay television. The service includes packages with different channel selections and may offer add-ons and features such as cloud DVR, depending on the market and plan. Fubo began in 2015 as a streaming service focused on soccer and later expanded into a broader live-TV offering.