BYD vs. WMS, MGM, WYNN, CHDN, CZR, IGT, PENN, MCRI, LVS, and IHG
Should you be buying Boyd Gaming stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Boyd Gaming include Advanced Drainage Systems (WMS), MGM Resorts International (MGM), Wynn Resorts (WYNN), Churchill Downs (CHDN), Caesars Entertainment (CZR), International Game Technology (IGT), PENN Entertainment (PENN), Monarch Casino & Resort (MCRI), Las Vegas Sands (LVS), and InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG).
Advanced Drainage Systems (NYSE:WMS) and Boyd Gaming (NYSE:BYD) are both construction companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, earnings, profitability, risk and institutional ownership.
Boyd Gaming has higher revenue and earnings than Advanced Drainage Systems. Boyd Gaming is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Advanced Drainage Systems, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Advanced Drainage Systems had 5 more articles in the media than Boyd Gaming. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Advanced Drainage Systems and 6 mentions for Boyd Gaming. Boyd Gaming's average media sentiment score of 0.81 beat Advanced Drainage Systems' score of 0.75 indicating that Advanced Drainage Systems is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Advanced Drainage Systems currently has a consensus target price of $181.88, suggesting a potential upside of 11.97%. Boyd Gaming has a consensus target price of $91.42, suggesting a potential upside of 74.46%. Given Advanced Drainage Systems' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Boyd Gaming is more favorable than Advanced Drainage Systems.
Boyd Gaming received 247 more outperform votes than Advanced Drainage Systems when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.86% of users gave Boyd Gaming an outperform vote while only 53.27% of users gave Advanced Drainage Systems an outperform vote.
Advanced Drainage Systems has a net margin of 17.74% compared to Advanced Drainage Systems' net margin of 14.91%. Boyd Gaming's return on equity of 46.93% beat Advanced Drainage Systems' return on equity.
Advanced Drainage Systems has a beta of 1.58, meaning that its stock price is 58% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Boyd Gaming has a beta of 1.6, meaning that its stock price is 60% more volatile than the S&P 500.
89.8% of Advanced Drainage Systems shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.8% of Boyd Gaming shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.1% of Advanced Drainage Systems shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 28.4% of Boyd Gaming shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Advanced Drainage Systems pays an annual dividend of $0.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Boyd Gaming pays an annual dividend of $0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Advanced Drainage Systems pays out 9.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Boyd Gaming pays out 12.2% 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. Advanced Drainage Systems has raised its dividend for 8 consecutive years and Boyd Gaming has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years.
Summary
Advanced Drainage Systems beats Boyd Gaming on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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