FUN vs. MTN, MSGS, IGT, PRKS, SIX, RSI, SGHC, MSGE, FBYD, 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), Madison Square Garden Entertainment (MSGE), Falcon's Beyond Global (FBYD), 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 superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, community ranking, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability and earnings.
Cedar Fair pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Vail Resorts pays an annual dividend of $8.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. 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.
In the previous week, Vail Resorts had 27 more articles in the media than Cedar Fair. MarketBeat recorded 34 mentions for Vail Resorts and 7 mentions for Cedar Fair. Cedar Fair's average media sentiment score of 1.20 beat Vail Resorts' score of -0.42 indicating that Cedar Fair is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Cedar Fair presently has a consensus price target of $50.40, indicating a potential upside of 15.17%. Vail Resorts has a consensus price target of $221.50, indicating a potential upside of 27.34%. Given Vail Resorts' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Vail Resorts is more favorable than Cedar Fair.
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.
64.7% of Cedar Fair shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.9% of Vail Resorts shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.8% of Cedar Fair shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Vail Resorts shares are owned 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.
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 24.36% beat Cedar Fair's return on equity.
Cedar Fair has a beta of 1.45, suggesting that its share price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vail Resorts has a beta of 1.14, suggesting that its share price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Cedar Fair received 22 more outperform votes than Vail Resorts when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.20% of users gave Cedar Fair an outperform vote while only 67.59% of users gave Vail Resorts an outperform vote.
Summary
Vail Resorts beats Cedar Fair on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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