MLCO vs. WYND, PENN, MGM, HTHT, WYNN, CZR, WH, CHH, RRR, and BYD
Should you be buying Melco Resorts & Entertainment stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Melco Resorts & Entertainment include Wyndham Destinations (WYND), PENN Entertainment (PENN), MGM Resorts International (MGM), H World Group (HTHT), Wynn Resorts (WYNN), Caesars Entertainment (CZR), Wyndham Hotels & Resorts (WH), Choice Hotels International (CHH), Red Rock Resorts (RRR), and Boyd Gaming (BYD). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
Wyndham Destinations (NYSE:WYND) and Melco Resorts & Entertainment (NASDAQ:MLCO) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability and earnings.
Wyndham Destinations has a beta of 1.84, meaning that its stock price is 84% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Melco Resorts & Entertainment has a beta of 1.08, meaning that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Wyndham Destinations has a net margin of 0.13% compared to Wyndham Destinations' net margin of -4.34%. Wyndham Destinations' return on equity of -7.61% beat Melco Resorts & Entertainment's return on equity.
Melco Resorts & Entertainment received 432 more outperform votes than Wyndham Destinations when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.99% of users gave Wyndham Destinations an outperform vote while only 62.43% of users gave Melco Resorts & Entertainment an outperform vote.
Wyndham Destinations has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.
In the previous week, Melco Resorts & Entertainment had 3 more articles in the media than Wyndham Destinations. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Melco Resorts & Entertainment and 0 mentions for Wyndham Destinations. Wyndham Destinations' average media sentiment score of 1.79 beat Melco Resorts & Entertainment's score of 0.00 indicating that Melco Resorts & Entertainment is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Melco Resorts & Entertainment has a consensus target price of $13.25, indicating a potential upside of 64.60%. Given Wyndham Destinations' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Melco Resorts & Entertainment is more favorable than Wyndham Destinations.
Wyndham Destinations pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Melco Resorts & Entertainment pays an annual dividend of $0.6520 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.1%. Wyndham Destinations pays out 21.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Melco Resorts & Entertainment pays out -155.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Melco Resorts & Entertainment is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
90.3% of Wyndham Destinations shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 39.6% of Melco Resorts & Entertainment shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.6% of Wyndham Destinations shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 57.1% of Melco Resorts & Entertainment shares are owned by 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
Melco Resorts & Entertainment beats Wyndham Destinations on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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