FUN vs. MTN, MSGS, IGT, PRKS, SIX, RSI, SGHC, FBYD, MSGE, and GENI
Should you be buying Cedar Fair stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cedar Fair include Vail Resorts (MTN), Madison Square Garden Sports (MSGS), International Game Technology (IGT), United Parks & Resorts (PRKS), Six Flags Entertainment (SIX), Rush Street Interactive (RSI), Super Group (SGHC), Falcon's Beyond Global (FBYD), Madison Square Garden Entertainment (MSGE), and Genius Sports (GENI). These companies are all part of the "miscellaneous amusement & recreation services" industry.
Cedar Fair (NYSE:FUN) and Vail Resorts (NYSE:MTN) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, valuation, risk, earnings, community ranking, dividends, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.
Cedar Fair pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Vail Resorts pays an annual dividend of $8.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. Cedar Fair pays out 49.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Vail Resorts pays out 120.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Vail Resorts has a net margin of 9.59% compared to Cedar Fair's net margin of 6.95%. Vail Resorts' return on equity of 23.41% beat Cedar Fair's return on equity.
64.7% of Cedar Fair shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.9% of Vail Resorts shares are held by institutional investors. 1.6% of Cedar Fair shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Vail Resorts shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Cedar Fair received 24 more outperform votes than Vail Resorts when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.26% of users gave Cedar Fair an outperform vote while only 67.59% of users gave Vail Resorts an outperform vote.
Vail Resorts has higher revenue and earnings than Cedar Fair. Cedar Fair is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Vail Resorts, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Cedar Fair had 11 more articles in the media than Vail Resorts. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Cedar Fair and 2 mentions for Vail Resorts. Vail Resorts' average media sentiment score of 1.22 beat Cedar Fair's score of 1.16 indicating that Vail Resorts is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Cedar Fair currently has a consensus target price of $51.10, indicating a potential upside of 5.58%. Vail Resorts has a consensus target price of $221.50, indicating a potential upside of 24.24%. Given Vail Resorts' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Vail Resorts is more favorable than Cedar Fair.
Cedar Fair has a beta of 1.45, indicating that its stock price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vail Resorts has a beta of 1.14, indicating that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Vail Resorts beats Cedar Fair on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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