BYD vs. CZR, PENN, MGM, CHH, WH, TNL, MLCO, ATAT, HTHT, and H
Should you be buying Boyd Gaming stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Boyd Gaming include Caesars Entertainment (CZR), PENN Entertainment (PENN), MGM Resorts International (MGM), Choice Hotels International (CHH), Wyndham Hotels & Resorts (WH), Travel + Leisure (TNL), Melco Resorts & Entertainment (MLCO), Atour Lifestyle (ATAT), H World Group (HTHT), and Hyatt Hotels (H). 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 stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment and valuation.
Boyd Gaming has a beta of 1.6, meaning that its stock price is 60% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Caesars Entertainment has a beta of 2.81, meaning that its stock price is 181% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Boyd Gaming received 171 more outperform votes than Caesars Entertainment when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.92% of users gave Boyd Gaming an outperform vote while only 59.20% of users gave Caesars Entertainment an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Boyd Gaming had 10 more articles in the media than Caesars Entertainment. MarketBeat recorded 31 mentions for Boyd Gaming and 21 mentions for Caesars Entertainment. Caesars Entertainment's average media sentiment score of 0.39 beat Boyd Gaming's score of -0.13 indicating that Caesars Entertainment is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Boyd Gaming has a net margin of 14.91% compared to Caesars Entertainment's net margin of 6.82%. Boyd Gaming's return on equity of 34.77% beat Caesars Entertainment'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 company is poised for long-term growth.
Boyd Gaming currently has a consensus target price of $72.20, indicating a potential upside of 35.77%. Caesars Entertainment has a consensus target price of $57.36, indicating a potential upside of 56.69%. Given Caesars Entertainment's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Caesars Entertainment is more favorable than Boyd Gaming.
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.
Summary
Boyd Gaming and Caesars Entertainment tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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