MTN vs. SIX, MSGS, IGT, PRKS, FUN, RSI, SGHC, MHK, CZR, and HRB
Should you be buying Vail Resorts stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Vail Resorts include Six Flags Entertainment (SIX), Madison Square Garden Sports (MSGS), International Game Technology (IGT), United Parks & Resorts (PRKS), Cedar Fair (FUN), Rush Street Interactive (RSI), Super Group (SGHC), Mohawk Industries (MHK), Caesars Entertainment (CZR), and H&R Block (HRB). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
Six Flags Entertainment (NYSE:SIX) and Vail Resorts (NYSE:MTN) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, dividends, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, community ranking, institutional ownership and valuation.
Vail Resorts received 41 more outperform votes than Six Flags Entertainment when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.81% of users gave Vail Resorts an outperform vote while only 66.78% of users gave Six Flags Entertainment an outperform vote.
Vail Resorts has a net margin of 8.44% compared to Vail Resorts' net margin of 1.84%. Six Flags Entertainment's return on equity of 19.16% beat Vail Resorts' return on equity.
Vail Resorts has higher revenue and earnings than Six Flags Entertainment. Vail Resorts is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Six Flags Entertainment, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
98.0% of Six Flags Entertainment shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.9% of Vail Resorts shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Six Flags Entertainment shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Vail Resorts shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Six Flags Entertainment currently has a consensus price target of $28.00, indicating a potential upside of 6.50%. Vail Resorts has a consensus price target of $260.11, indicating a potential upside of 34.56%. Given Six Flags Entertainment's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Vail Resorts is more favorable than Six Flags Entertainment.
In the previous week, Vail Resorts had 2 more articles in the media than Six Flags Entertainment. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Vail Resorts and 13 mentions for Six Flags Entertainment. Six Flags Entertainment's average media sentiment score of 0.79 beat Vail Resorts' score of 0.75 indicating that Vail Resorts is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Six Flags Entertainment has a beta of 2.2, suggesting that its share price is 120% 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.
Summary
Vail Resorts beats Six Flags Entertainment on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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