Better Buy: Disney vs. Netflix
Entertainment has never been as important as it is right now, and this should (in theory at least) be a prime time for Disney (NYSE: DIS) and Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) to shine. Disney is the global giant that just happened to score the six highest-grossing films at the box office last year. When it comes to content, Disney is the Lion King.
Netflix is the undisputed top dog of premium streaming video. It's a globe-trotting juggernaut with 167.1 million streaming premium members worldwide. It always seems to have a firm reading on the pulse of the shows and movies that will dominate water cooler chatter. And that's not a surprise since it's been mining streaming-viewership data for more then a dozen years. When it comes to content, Netflix is the Tiger King.
Putting Disney and Netflix into the ring should be the mother of all media battles, but the stock charts tell a different story. Disney enters this week trading 33.3% lower year to date, outpacing the overall market's 21.3% slide this year. Netflix is bucking the bearish bent, rising 10.4% so far in 2020. We know who the year-to-date winner is, but let's see which consumer-facing entertainment giant is best positioned to rise above in the future.
Source Fool.com
