I’m not a company Stan, but I do tend to lean more towards SM-Stan just because I like virtually every group they’ve released (SUJU can choke though).
I wonder if the reason that the Big 3 companies just can’t be overtaken by HYBE (like purchased) is because the amount of brand recognition YGE, JYPE, and SME have. Regardless of share money etc, it’s undeniable that some people will just check a group no matter what because they recognize the SM brand name or YG or whatever, and so HYBE CANT purchase the company because it would devalue the groups.