PENN vs. BYD, CZR, ATAT, MLCO, TNL, PLYA, RRR, CHH, WH, and CRI
Should you be buying PENN Entertainment stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of PENN Entertainment include Boyd Gaming (BYD), Caesars Entertainment (CZR), Atour Lifestyle (ATAT), Melco Resorts & Entertainment (MLCO), Travel + Leisure (TNL), Playa Hotels & Resorts (PLYA), Red Rock Resorts (RRR), Choice Hotels International (CHH), Wyndham Hotels & Resorts (WH), and Carter's (CRI). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
PENN Entertainment (NASDAQ:PENN) and Boyd Gaming (NYSE:BYD) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking and dividends.
PENN Entertainment has a beta of 2.06, meaning that its share price is 106% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Boyd Gaming has a beta of 1.64, meaning that its share price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Boyd Gaming has lower revenue, but higher earnings than PENN Entertainment. PENN Entertainment is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Boyd Gaming, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, PENN Entertainment had 24 more articles in the media than Boyd Gaming. MarketBeat recorded 39 mentions for PENN Entertainment and 15 mentions for Boyd Gaming. PENN Entertainment's average media sentiment score of 0.49 beat Boyd Gaming's score of 0.28 indicating that PENN Entertainment is being referred to more favorably in the media.
PENN Entertainment received 183 more outperform votes than Boyd Gaming when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.42% of users gave PENN Entertainment an outperform vote while only 59.86% of users gave Boyd Gaming an outperform vote.
Boyd Gaming has a net margin of 14.91% compared to PENN Entertainment's net margin of -17.77%. Boyd Gaming's return on equity of 34.77% beat PENN Entertainment's return on equity.
91.7% of PENN Entertainment shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.8% of Boyd Gaming shares are held by institutional investors. 1.8% of PENN Entertainment shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 27.9% of Boyd Gaming shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
PENN Entertainment presently has a consensus price target of $25.92, suggesting a potential upside of 71.34%. Boyd Gaming has a consensus price target of $72.20, suggesting a potential upside of 33.41%. Given PENN Entertainment's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe PENN Entertainment is more favorable than Boyd Gaming.
Summary
PENN Entertainment beats Boyd Gaming on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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