PLYA vs. MCRI, BALY, GHG, FLL, CNTY, ATAT, PENN, MLCO, TNL, and OSW
Should you be buying Playa Hotels & Resorts stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Playa Hotels & Resorts include Monarch Casino & Resort (MCRI), Bally's (BALY), GreenTree Hospitality Group (GHG), Full House Resorts (FLL), Century Casinos (CNTY), Atour Lifestyle (ATAT), PENN Entertainment (PENN), Melco Resorts & Entertainment (MLCO), Travel + Leisure (TNL), and OneSpaWorld (OSW).
Monarch Casino & Resort (NASDAQ:MCRI) and Playa Hotels & Resorts (NASDAQ:PLYA) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, risk, media sentiment, community ranking, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and profitability.
Monarch Casino & Resort has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.
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.
In the previous week, Playa Hotels & Resorts had 10 more articles in the media than Monarch Casino & Resort. MarketBeat recorded 10 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 news media.
Monarch Casino & Resort has a beta of 1.68, meaning that its share price is 68% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Playa Hotels & Resorts has a beta of 1.54, meaning that its share price is 54% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
Monarch Casino & Resort currently has a consensus target price of $73.33, suggesting a potential upside of 6.33%. Playa Hotels & Resorts has a consensus target price of $11.33, suggesting a potential upside of 20.18%. Given Monarch Casino & Resort's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Playa Hotels & Resorts is more favorable than Monarch Casino & Resort.
62.4% of Monarch Casino & Resort shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.6% of Playa Hotels & Resorts shares are owned by institutional investors. 24.9% of Monarch Casino & Resort shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.6% of Playa Hotels & Resorts shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Monarch Casino & Resort beats Playa Hotels & Resorts on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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