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GDEN vs WMG

Side-by-side comparison of Golden Entertainment Inc. (GDEN) and Warner Music Group Corp. (WMG): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.

Summary

  • Both GDEN and WMG operate in Services-Misc. Amusement & Recreation (Consumer Discretionary), so they compete in similar markets.
  • WMG is the larger of the two at $15.65B, about 20.9x GDEN ($748.0M).
  • Over the past year, GDEN is up 4.1% and WMG is up 14.4% - WMG leads by 10.3 points.
  • WMG has hit the wire 9 times in the past 4 weeks while GDEN has been quiet.
  • WMG has more recent analyst coverage (25 ratings vs 11 for GDEN).
PerformanceGDEN+4.14%WMG-3.92%
2025-06-09+0.00%2026-04-29
MetricGDENWMG
Company
Golden Entertainment Inc.
Warner Music Group Corp.
Price
$28.57-0.03%
$30.00+0.15%
Market cap
$748.0M
$15.65B
1M return
+8.67%
-3.35%
1Y return
+4.14%
+14.41%
Industry
Services-Misc. Amusement & Recreation
Services-Misc. Amusement & Recreation
Exchange
NASDAQ
NASDAQ
IPO
2020
News (4w)
0
9
Recent ratings
11
25
GDEN

Golden Entertainment Inc.

Golden Entertainment, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the ownership and operation of a diversified entertainment platform in the United States. The company operates through two segments, Casinos and Distributed Gaming. The Casinos segment owns and operates ten resort casino properties in Nevada and Maryland. The Distributed Gaming segment is involved in the installation, maintenance, and operation of slots and amusement devices in non-casino locations, including restaurants, bars, and taverns, as well as convenience, liquor, and grocery stores in Nevada and Montana; and ownership and operation of branded taverns with slots, which target local patrons primarily in the greater Las Vegas, Nevada metropolitan area. As of March 11, 2021, it had approximately 16,000 slots in approximately 1,000 locations. The company was formerly known as Lakes Entertainment, Inc. and changed its name to Golden Entertainment, Inc. in July 2015. Golden Entertainment, Inc. was incorporated in 1998 and is headquartered in Las Vegas, Nevada.

WMG

Warner Music Group Corp.

Warner Music Group Corp. operates as a music entertainment company in the United States, the United Kingdom, and internationally. The company operates through Recorded Music and Music Publishing segments. The Recorded Music segment is involved in the discovery and development of recording artists, as well as the related marketing, promotion, distribution, sale, and licensing of music created by such artists. This segment also specializes in marketing its music catalog through compilations and reissuances of previously released music and video titles, as well as previously unreleased materials. It conducts its operation primarily through a collection of record labels, such as Warner Records and Atlantic Records, as well as Asylum, Big Beat, Canvasback, East West, Elektra, Erato, FFRR, Fueled by Ramen, Nonesuch, Parlophone, Reprise, Roadrunner, Sire, Spinnin', Warner Classics, and Warner Music Nashville. This segment markets, distributes, and sells music and video products to retailers and wholesale distributors; independent labels to retail and wholesale distributors; and various distribution centers and ventures, as well as online physical retailers, streaming services, and download services. The Music Publishing segment owns and acquires rights to approximately one million musical compositions comprising pop hits, American standards, folk songs, and motion picture and theatrical compositions. Its catalog includes approximately 80,000 songwriters and composers; and a range of genres, including pop, rock, jazz, classical, country, R&B, hip-hop, rap, reggae, Latin, folk, blues, symphonic, soul, Broadway, techno, alternative, and gospel. This segment also administers the music and soundtracks of various third-party television and film producers and studios. The company was founded in 1929 and is headquartered in New York, New York. Warner Music Group Corp. is a subsidiary of AI Entertainment Holdings LLC.

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