PENN vs. MCRI, BYD, CZR, ATAT, TNL, PLYA, MLCO, RRR, CHH, and WH
Should you be buying PENN Entertainment stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of PENN Entertainment include Monarch Casino & Resort (MCRI), Boyd Gaming (BYD), Caesars Entertainment (CZR), Atour Lifestyle (ATAT), Travel + Leisure (TNL), Playa Hotels & Resorts (PLYA), Melco Resorts & Entertainment (MLCO), Red Rock Resorts (RRR), Choice Hotels International (CHH), and Wyndham Hotels & Resorts (WH). These companies are all part of the "hotels & motels" industry.
PENN Entertainment (NASDAQ:PENN) and Monarch Casino & Resort (NASDAQ:MCRI) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, dividends, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability and earnings.
In the previous week, PENN Entertainment had 5 more articles in the media than Monarch Casino & Resort. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for PENN Entertainment and 3 mentions for Monarch Casino & Resort. Monarch Casino & Resort's average media sentiment score of 1.60 beat PENN Entertainment's score of 0.79 indicating that Monarch Casino & Resort is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
PENN Entertainment presently has a consensus price target of $24.18, indicating a potential upside of 50.93%. Monarch Casino & Resort has a consensus price target of $73.33, indicating a potential upside of 10.63%. Given PENN Entertainment's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe PENN Entertainment is more favorable than Monarch Casino & Resort.
Monarch Casino & Resort has lower revenue, but higher earnings than PENN Entertainment. PENN Entertainment is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Monarch Casino & Resort, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
91.7% of PENN Entertainment shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 62.4% of Monarch Casino & Resort shares are held by institutional investors. 2.2% of PENN Entertainment shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 24.9% of Monarch Casino & Resort shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Monarch Casino & Resort has a net margin of 16.40% compared to PENN Entertainment's net margin of -17.77%. Monarch Casino & Resort's return on equity of 17.13% beat PENN Entertainment's return on equity.
PENN Entertainment has a beta of 2.06, meaning that its stock price is 106% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Monarch Casino & Resort has a beta of 1.68, meaning that its stock price is 68% more volatile than the S&P 500.
PENN Entertainment received 479 more outperform votes than Monarch Casino & Resort when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.41% of users gave PENN Entertainment an outperform vote while only 65.47% of users gave Monarch Casino & Resort an outperform vote.
Summary
PENN Entertainment and Monarch Casino & Resort tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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