CZR vs. BYD, WYNN, MGM, PENN, CHH, WH, RRR, MLCO, TNL, and HTHT
Should you be buying Caesars Entertainment stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Caesars Entertainment include Boyd Gaming (BYD), Wynn Resorts (WYNN), MGM Resorts International (MGM), PENN Entertainment (PENN), Choice Hotels International (CHH), Wyndham Hotels & Resorts (WH), Red Rock Resorts (RRR), Melco Resorts & Entertainment (MLCO), Travel + Leisure (TNL), and H World Group (HTHT). These companies are all part of the "hotels & motels" industry.
Boyd Gaming (NYSE:BYD) and Caesars Entertainment (NASDAQ:CZR) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, risk, profitability, valuation and earnings.
Boyd Gaming has a net margin of 14.91% compared to Boyd Gaming's net margin of 6.68%. Caesars Entertainment's return on equity of 34.76% beat Boyd Gaming's return on equity.
76.8% of Boyd Gaming shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.8% of Caesars Entertainment shares are held by institutional investors. 27.9% of Boyd Gaming shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Caesars Entertainment shares are held by 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.
Boyd Gaming has a beta of 1.64, indicating that its stock price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Caesars Entertainment has a beta of 2.83, indicating that its stock price is 183% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Boyd Gaming received 165 more outperform votes than Caesars Entertainment when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.86% of users gave Boyd Gaming an outperform vote while only 59.55% of users gave Caesars Entertainment an outperform vote.
Caesars Entertainment has higher revenue and earnings than Boyd Gaming. Boyd Gaming is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Caesars Entertainment, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Caesars Entertainment had 20 more articles in the media than Boyd Gaming. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Caesars Entertainment and 2 mentions for Boyd Gaming. Boyd Gaming's average media sentiment score of 1.08 beat Caesars Entertainment's score of 0.41 indicating that Caesars Entertainment is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Boyd Gaming presently has a consensus target price of $72.20, indicating a potential upside of 33.95%. Caesars Entertainment has a consensus target price of $55.08, indicating a potential upside of 52.23%. Given Boyd Gaming's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Caesars Entertainment is more favorable than Boyd Gaming.
Summary
Caesars Entertainment beats Boyd Gaming on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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