VAC vs. PRKS, PWSC, KTB, ASAI, TNL, GHC, LOPE, YETI, UAA, and MODG
Should you be buying Marriott Vacations Worldwide stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Marriott Vacations Worldwide include United Parks & Resorts (PRKS), PowerSchool (PWSC), Kontoor Brands (KTB), Sendas Distribuidora (ASAI), Travel + Leisure (TNL), Graham (GHC), Grand Canyon Education (LOPE), YETI (YETI), Under Armour (UAA), and Topgolf Callaway Brands (MODG). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
Marriott Vacations Worldwide (NYSE:VAC) and United Parks & Resorts (NYSE:PRKS) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, dividends and institutional ownership.
89.5% of Marriott Vacations Worldwide shares are held by institutional investors. 1.3% of Marriott Vacations Worldwide shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of United Parks & Resorts shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
United Parks & Resorts has a net margin of 13.56% compared to Marriott Vacations Worldwide's net margin of 5.37%. Marriott Vacations Worldwide's return on equity of 13.21% beat United Parks & Resorts' return on equity.
Marriott Vacations Worldwide received 462 more outperform votes than United Parks & Resorts when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.56% of users gave Marriott Vacations Worldwide an outperform vote while only 40.00% of users gave United Parks & Resorts an outperform vote.
Marriott Vacations Worldwide has a beta of 1.85, indicating that its share price is 85% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, United Parks & Resorts has a beta of 1.81, indicating that its share price is 81% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Marriott Vacations Worldwide presently has a consensus price target of $109.71, indicating a potential upside of 14.68%. United Parks & Resorts has a consensus price target of $60.40, indicating a potential upside of 18.15%. Given United Parks & Resorts' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe United Parks & Resorts is more favorable than Marriott Vacations Worldwide.
Marriott Vacations Worldwide has higher revenue and earnings than United Parks & Resorts. United Parks & Resorts is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Marriott Vacations Worldwide, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Marriott Vacations Worldwide had 7 more articles in the media than United Parks & Resorts. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Marriott Vacations Worldwide and 1 mentions for United Parks & Resorts. Marriott Vacations Worldwide's average media sentiment score of 0.64 beat United Parks & Resorts' score of -0.19 indicating that Marriott Vacations Worldwide is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Marriott Vacations Worldwide beats United Parks & Resorts on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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