MCRI vs. PLYA, GES, HZO, PLOW, VSTO, FLL, CNTY, PK, MDC, and SLNAW
Should you be buying Monarch Casino & Resort stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Monarch Casino & Resort include Playa Hotels & Resorts (PLYA), Guess? (GES), MarineMax (HZO), Douglas Dynamics (PLOW), Vista Outdoor (VSTO), Full House Resorts (FLL), Century Casinos (CNTY), Park Hotels & Resorts (PK), M.D.C. (MDC), and Selina Hospitality (SLNAW).
Playa Hotels & Resorts (NASDAQ:PLYA) and Monarch Casino & Resort (NASDAQ:MCRI) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, valuation, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability and community ranking.
Playa Hotels & Resorts presently has a consensus target price of $11.33, suggesting a potential upside of 20.18%. Monarch Casino & Resort has a consensus target price of $73.33, suggesting a potential upside of 6.37%. Given Monarch Casino & Resort's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Playa Hotels & Resorts is more favorable than Monarch Casino & Resort.
Monarch Casino & Resort received 82 more outperform votes than Playa Hotels & Resorts when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.47% of users gave Monarch Casino & Resort an outperform vote while only 62.31% of users gave Playa Hotels & Resorts an outperform vote.
74.6% of Playa Hotels & Resorts shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 62.4% of Monarch Casino & Resort shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.6% of Playa Hotels & Resorts shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 24.9% of Monarch Casino & Resort shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Playa Hotels & Resorts has a beta of 1.54, suggesting that its stock price is 54% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Monarch Casino & Resort has a beta of 1.68, suggesting that its stock price is 68% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Playa Hotels & Resorts had 11 more articles in the media than Monarch Casino & Resort. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Playa Hotels & Resorts and 0 mentions for Monarch Casino & Resort. Monarch Casino & Resort's average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat Playa Hotels & Resorts' score of 0.00 indicating that Playa Hotels & Resorts is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Monarch Casino & Resort has a net margin of 16.40% compared to Monarch Casino & Resort's net margin of 5.51%. Playa Hotels & Resorts' return on equity of 17.13% beat Monarch Casino & Resort's return on equity.
Monarch Casino & Resort has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Playa Hotels & Resorts. Monarch Casino & Resort is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Playa Hotels & Resorts, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Monarch Casino & Resort beats Playa Hotels & Resorts on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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