MLCO vs. PENN, ATAT, TNL, WYND, MCRI, PLYA, WH, CHH, BYD, and CZR
Should you be buying Melco Resorts & Entertainment stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Melco Resorts & Entertainment include PENN Entertainment (PENN), Atour Lifestyle (ATAT), Travel + Leisure (TNL), Wyndham Destinations (WYND), Monarch Casino & Resort (MCRI), Playa Hotels & Resorts (PLYA), Wyndham Hotels & Resorts (WH), Choice Hotels International (CHH), Boyd Gaming (BYD), and Caesars Entertainment (CZR). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
PENN Entertainment (NASDAQ:PENN) and Melco Resorts & Entertainment (NASDAQ:MLCO) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, community ranking, valuation, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability and analyst recommendations.
Melco Resorts & Entertainment has lower revenue, but higher earnings than PENN Entertainment. Melco Resorts & Entertainment is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than PENN Entertainment, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
PENN Entertainment presently has a consensus price target of $29.80, indicating a potential upside of 76.75%. Melco Resorts & Entertainment has a consensus price target of $14.78, indicating a potential upside of 133.04%. Given PENN Entertainment's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Melco Resorts & Entertainment is more favorable than PENN Entertainment.
91.7% of PENN Entertainment shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 39.6% of Melco Resorts & Entertainment shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.8% of PENN Entertainment shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 57.1% of Melco Resorts & Entertainment shares are owned by company 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.
PENN Entertainment received 199 more outperform votes than Melco Resorts & Entertainment when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.49% of users gave PENN Entertainment an outperform vote while only 62.27% of users gave Melco Resorts & Entertainment an outperform vote.
Melco Resorts & Entertainment has a net margin of -7.35% compared to Melco Resorts & Entertainment's net margin of -7.70%. Melco Resorts & Entertainment's return on equity of 1.31% beat PENN Entertainment's return on equity.
In the previous week, PENN Entertainment had 19 more articles in the media than Melco Resorts & Entertainment. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for PENN Entertainment and 5 mentions for Melco Resorts & Entertainment. Melco Resorts & Entertainment's average media sentiment score of 0.81 beat PENN Entertainment's score of 0.57 indicating that PENN Entertainment is being referred to more favorably in the media.
PENN Entertainment has a beta of 2.06, indicating that its share price is 106% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Melco Resorts & Entertainment has a beta of 1.11, indicating that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
PENN Entertainment beats Melco Resorts & Entertainment on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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