CHDN vs. TTC, BJ, SN, SKX, WYNN, SRAD, HAS, RL, BIRK, and PSO
Should you be buying Churchill Downs stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Churchill Downs include Toro (TTC), BJ's Wholesale Club (BJ), SharkNinja (SN), Skechers U.S.A. (SKX), Wynn Resorts (WYNN), Sportradar Group (SRAD), Hasbro (HAS), Ralph Lauren (RL), Birkenstock (BIRK), and Pearson (PSO). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
Toro (NYSE:TTC) and Churchill Downs (NASDAQ:CHDN) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, risk, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, community ranking and media sentiment.
88.0% of Toro shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.6% of Churchill Downs shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.6% of Toro shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.1% of Churchill Downs shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Toro pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Churchill Downs pays an annual dividend of $0.38 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. Toro pays out 52.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Churchill Downs pays out 8.5% 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. Toro has increased its dividend for 20 consecutive years and Churchill Downs has increased its dividend for 13 consecutive years. Toro is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Toro received 28 more outperform votes than Churchill Downs when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.82% of users gave Toro an outperform vote while only 66.62% of users gave Churchill Downs an outperform vote.
Toro has a beta of 0.72, meaning that its share price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Churchill Downs has a beta of 0.99, meaning that its share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Churchill Downs has a net margin of 13.72% compared to Churchill Downs' net margin of 6.53%. Toro's return on equity of 44.99% beat Churchill Downs' return on equity.
In the previous week, Churchill Downs had 47 more articles in the media than Toro. MarketBeat recorded 55 mentions for Churchill Downs and 8 mentions for Toro. Churchill Downs' average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat Toro's score of 0.42 indicating that Toro is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Churchill Downs has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Toro. Churchill Downs is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Toro, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Toro currently has a consensus target price of $105.60, suggesting a potential upside of 20.36%. Churchill Downs has a consensus target price of $144.50, suggesting a potential upside of 8.56%. Given Churchill Downs' higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Toro is more favorable than Churchill Downs.
Summary
Churchill Downs beats Toro on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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