MLCO vs. WYND, TNL, BYD, PENN, ATAT, RRR, CHH, WH, MCRI, and PLYA
Should you be buying Melco Resorts & Entertainment stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Melco Resorts & Entertainment include Wyndham Destinations (WYND), Travel + Leisure (TNL), Boyd Gaming (BYD), PENN Entertainment (PENN), Atour Lifestyle (ATAT), Red Rock Resorts (RRR), Choice Hotels International (CHH), Wyndham Hotels & Resorts (WH), Monarch Casino & Resort (MCRI), and Playa Hotels & Resorts (PLYA). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
Melco Resorts & Entertainment (NASDAQ:MLCO) and Wyndham Destinations (NYSE:WYND) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends and community ranking.
In the previous week, Melco Resorts & Entertainment and Melco Resorts & Entertainment both had 5 articles in the media. Melco Resorts & Entertainment's average media sentiment score of 1.52 beat Wyndham Destinations' score of 0.00 indicating that Melco Resorts & Entertainment is being referred to more favorably in the media.
39.6% of Melco Resorts & Entertainment shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.3% of Wyndham Destinations shares are owned by institutional investors. 57.1% of Melco Resorts & Entertainment shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of Wyndham Destinations shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Wyndham Destinations has higher revenue and earnings than Melco Resorts & Entertainment. Melco Resorts & Entertainment is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Wyndham Destinations, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Melco Resorts & Entertainment has a beta of 1.1, meaning that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Wyndham Destinations has a beta of 1.84, meaning that its share price is 84% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Melco Resorts & Entertainment received 431 more outperform votes than Wyndham Destinations when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.99% of users gave Wyndham Destinations an outperform vote while only 62.39% of users gave Melco Resorts & Entertainment an outperform vote.
Melco Resorts & Entertainment presently has a consensus price target of $13.82, suggesting a potential upside of 73.18%. Given Melco Resorts & Entertainment's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Melco Resorts & Entertainment is more favorable than Wyndham Destinations.
Wyndham Destinations has a net margin of 0.13% compared to Melco Resorts & Entertainment's net margin of -4.34%. Melco Resorts & Entertainment's return on equity of -7.61% beat Wyndham Destinations' return on equity.
Summary
Melco Resorts & Entertainment and Wyndham Destinations tied by winning 8 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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