MSC vs. PLYA, BALY, MCRI, GHG, ATAT, PENN, TNL, MNRO, ACEL, and GTN.A
Should you be buying Studio City International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Studio City International include Playa Hotels & Resorts (PLYA), Bally's (BALY), Monarch Casino & Resort (MCRI), GreenTree Hospitality Group (GHG), Atour Lifestyle (ATAT), PENN Entertainment (PENN), Travel + Leisure (TNL), Monro (MNRO), Accel Entertainment (ACEL), and Gray Television (GTN.A).
Studio City International (NYSE:MSC) and Playa Hotels & Resorts (NASDAQ:PLYA) are both consumer cyclical companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, valuation, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk and community ranking.
Studio City International presently has a consensus target price of $11.00, indicating a potential upside of 36.65%. Playa Hotels & Resorts has a consensus target price of $12.00, indicating a potential upside of 40.85%. Given Playa Hotels & Resorts' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Playa Hotels & Resorts is more favorable than Studio City International.
Playa Hotels & Resorts has higher revenue and earnings than Studio City International. Studio City International 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.
In the previous week, Studio City International and Studio City International both had 1 articles in the media. Playa Hotels & Resorts' average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat Studio City International's score of -1.82 indicating that Playa Hotels & Resorts is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Playa Hotels & Resorts received 141 more outperform votes than Studio City International when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.43% of users gave Playa Hotels & Resorts an outperform vote while only 54.26% of users gave Studio City International an outperform vote.
74.6% of Playa Hotels & Resorts shares are owned by institutional investors. 54.9% of Studio City International shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 9.7% of Playa Hotels & Resorts shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Studio City International has a beta of -0.47, suggesting that its share price is 147% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Playa Hotels & Resorts has a beta of 1.54, suggesting that its share price is 54% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Playa Hotels & Resorts has a net margin of 6.52% compared to Studio City International's net margin of -21.06%. Playa Hotels & Resorts' return on equity of 12.08% beat Studio City International's return on equity.
Summary
Playa Hotels & Resorts beats Studio City International on 14 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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