TNL vs. MLCO, ATAT, PENN, MCRI, PLYA, BYD, RRR, WH, CHH, and CZR
Should you be buying Travel + Leisure stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Travel + Leisure include Melco Resorts & Entertainment (MLCO), Atour Lifestyle (ATAT), PENN Entertainment (PENN), Monarch Casino & Resort (MCRI), Playa Hotels & Resorts (PLYA), Boyd Gaming (BYD), Red Rock Resorts (RRR), Wyndham Hotels & Resorts (WH), Choice Hotels International (CHH), and Caesars Entertainment (CZR). These companies are all part of the "hotels & motels" industry.
Melco Resorts & Entertainment (NASDAQ:MLCO) and Travel + Leisure (NYSE:TNL) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking and dividends.
39.6% of Melco Resorts & Entertainment shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.5% of Travel + Leisure shares are owned by institutional investors. 57.1% of Melco Resorts & Entertainment shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.0% of Travel + Leisure shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Melco Resorts & Entertainment currently has a consensus target price of $13.82, suggesting a potential upside of 76.05%. Travel + Leisure has a consensus target price of $54.83, suggesting a potential upside of 20.62%. Given Travel + Leisure's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Melco Resorts & Entertainment is more favorable than Travel + Leisure.
Melco Resorts & Entertainment received 549 more outperform votes than Travel + Leisure when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.39% of users gave Melco Resorts & Entertainment an outperform vote while only 38.46% of users gave Travel + Leisure an outperform vote.
Travel + Leisure has a net margin of 10.54% compared to Travel + Leisure's net margin of -4.34%. Travel + Leisure's return on equity of -7.61% beat Melco Resorts & Entertainment's return on equity.
Melco Resorts & Entertainment has a beta of 1.1, suggesting that its stock price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Travel + Leisure has a beta of 1.63, suggesting that its stock price is 63% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Melco Resorts & Entertainment had 3 more articles in the media than Travel + Leisure. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Melco Resorts & Entertainment and 6 mentions for Travel + Leisure. Travel + Leisure's average media sentiment score of 1.13 beat Melco Resorts & Entertainment's score of 1.06 indicating that Melco Resorts & Entertainment is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Travel + Leisure has higher revenue and earnings than Melco Resorts & Entertainment. Melco Resorts & Entertainment is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Travel + Leisure, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Melco Resorts & Entertainment beats Travel + Leisure on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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