LNW vs. CHDN, GDDY, LDOS, IOT, JKHY, PSN, CACI, OTEX, SAIC, and KD
Should you be buying Light & Wonder stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Light & Wonder include Churchill Downs (CHDN), GoDaddy (GDDY), Leidos (LDOS), Samsara (IOT), Jack Henry & Associates (JKHY), Parsons (PSN), CACI International (CACI), Open Text (OTEX), Science Applications International (SAIC), and Kyndryl (KD).
Light & Wonder (NASDAQ:LNW) and Churchill Downs (NASDAQ:CHDN) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, media sentiment, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends and analyst recommendations.
Light & Wonder has a beta of 1.75, suggesting that its share price is 75% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Churchill Downs has a beta of 0.99, suggesting that its share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Churchill Downs received 427 more outperform votes than Light & Wonder when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.57% of users gave Churchill Downs an outperform vote while only 22.45% of users gave Light & Wonder an outperform vote.
Churchill Downs has a net margin of 13.72% compared to Light & Wonder's net margin of 7.43%. Churchill Downs' return on equity of 44.99% beat Light & Wonder's return on equity.
Light & Wonder presently has a consensus target price of $95.08, indicating a potential downside of 0.56%. Churchill Downs has a consensus target price of $145.25, indicating a potential upside of 4.71%. Given Churchill Downs' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Churchill Downs is more favorable than Light & Wonder.
In the previous week, Light & Wonder had 1 more articles in the media than Churchill Downs. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Light & Wonder and 5 mentions for Churchill Downs. Light & Wonder's average media sentiment score of 1.45 beat Churchill Downs' score of 1.21 indicating that Light & Wonder is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Churchill Downs has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Light & Wonder. Churchill Downs is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Light & Wonder, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
88.1% of Light & Wonder shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.6% of Churchill Downs shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.1% of Light & Wonder shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.1% of Churchill Downs shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Churchill Downs beats Light & Wonder on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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