MSC vs. PENN, ATAT, SHO, XHR, MCRI, PLYA, SHCO, BALY, MCG, and GHG
Should you be buying Studio City International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Studio City International include PENN Entertainment (PENN), Atour Lifestyle (ATAT), Sunstone Hotel Investors (SHO), Xenia Hotels & Resorts (XHR), Monarch Casino & Resort (MCRI), Playa Hotels & Resorts (PLYA), Soho House & Co Inc. (SHCO), Bally's (BALY), Membership Collective Group (MCG), and GreenTree Hospitality Group (GHG). These companies are all part of the "hotels & motels" industry.
Studio City International (NYSE:MSC) and PENN Entertainment (NASDAQ:PENN) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking and media sentiment.
PENN Entertainment received 703 more outperform votes than Studio City International when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.41% of users gave PENN Entertainment an outperform vote while only 54.26% of users gave Studio City International an outperform vote.
Studio City International has a beta of -0.41, meaning that its stock price is 141% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PENN Entertainment has a beta of 2.06, meaning that its stock price is 106% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Studio City International has higher earnings, but lower revenue than PENN Entertainment. Studio City International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than PENN Entertainment, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, PENN Entertainment had 6 more articles in the media than Studio City International. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for PENN Entertainment and 2 mentions for Studio City International. PENN Entertainment's average media sentiment score of 1.64 beat Studio City International's score of 1.05 indicating that PENN Entertainment is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
PENN Entertainment has a net margin of -17.77% compared to Studio City International's net margin of -21.06%. PENN Entertainment's return on equity of -3.53% beat Studio City International's return on equity.
91.7% of PENN Entertainment shares are owned by institutional investors. 54.9% of Studio City International shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of PENN Entertainment shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Studio City International presently has a consensus target price of $11.00, indicating a potential upside of 54.93%. PENN Entertainment has a consensus target price of $24.43, indicating a potential upside of 31.93%. Given Studio City International's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Studio City International is more favorable than PENN Entertainment.
Summary
PENN Entertainment beats Studio City International on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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