WMS vs. LVS, MGM, WYNN, CHDN, CZR, BYD, IGT, PENN, MCRI, and DHI
Should you be buying Advanced Drainage Systems stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Advanced Drainage Systems include Las Vegas Sands (LVS), MGM Resorts International (MGM), Wynn Resorts (WYNN), Churchill Downs (CHDN), Caesars Entertainment (CZR), Boyd Gaming (BYD), International Game Technology (IGT), PENN Entertainment (PENN), Monarch Casino & Resort (MCRI), and D.R. Horton (DHI).
Las Vegas Sands (NYSE:LVS) and Advanced Drainage Systems (NYSE:WMS) are both large-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings and profitability.
Las Vegas Sands pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Advanced Drainage Systems pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. Las Vegas Sands pays out 38.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Advanced Drainage Systems pays out 8.7% 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.
39.2% of Las Vegas Sands shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.8% of Advanced Drainage Systems shares are held by institutional investors. 1.2% of Las Vegas Sands shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.8% of Advanced Drainage Systems shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Las Vegas Sands received 927 more outperform votes than Advanced Drainage Systems when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.45% of users gave Las Vegas Sands an outperform vote while only 53.27% of users gave Advanced Drainage Systems an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Las Vegas Sands had 6 more articles in the media than Advanced Drainage Systems. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Las Vegas Sands and 6 mentions for Advanced Drainage Systems. Las Vegas Sands' average media sentiment score of 1.72 beat Advanced Drainage Systems' score of 1.40 indicating that Advanced Drainage Systems is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Las Vegas Sands has higher revenue and earnings than Advanced Drainage Systems. Las Vegas Sands 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.
Las Vegas Sands currently has a consensus price target of $63.46, suggesting a potential upside of 40.78%. Advanced Drainage Systems has a consensus price target of $181.88, suggesting a potential upside of 4.62%. Given Advanced Drainage Systems' higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Las Vegas Sands is more favorable than Advanced Drainage Systems.
Las Vegas Sands has a beta of 1.18, meaning that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Advanced Drainage Systems has a beta of 1.51, meaning that its stock price is 51% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Advanced Drainage Systems has a net margin of 17.74% compared to Advanced Drainage Systems' net margin of 13.99%. Las Vegas Sands' return on equity of 46.93% beat Advanced Drainage Systems' return on equity.
Summary
Advanced Drainage Systems beats Las Vegas Sands on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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