Churchill Downs (CHDN) Competitors

Churchill Downs (NASDAQ:CHDN) and Wynn Resorts (NASDAQ:WYNN) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, dividends and valuation.

Is CHDN or WYNN more profitable?

Churchill Downs has a net margin of 15.61% compared to Wynn Resorts' net margin of 7.03%. Churchill Downs' return on equity of 43.67% beat Wynn Resorts' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Churchill Downs	15.61%	43.67%	6.15%
Wynn Resorts	7.03%	-71.17%	5.13%

Do analysts recommend CHDN or WYNN?

Churchill Downs presently has a consensus target price of $142.30, suggesting a potential upside of 40.01%. Wynn Resorts has a consensus target price of $113.18, suggesting a potential upside of 30.75%. Given Churchill Downs' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Churchill Downs is more favorable than Wynn Resorts.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Churchill Downs	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Wynn Resorts	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	12 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.86

Which has higher valuation and earnings, CHDN or WYNN?

Wynn Resorts has higher revenue and earnings than Churchill Downs. Churchill Downs is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Wynn Resorts, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Churchill Downs	$2.79B	2.64	$417.30M	$5.62	18.08
Wynn Resorts	$6.97B	1.30	$501.08M	$3.60	24.05

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CHDN or WYNN?

Wynn Resorts received 933 more outperform votes than Churchill Downs when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.92% of users gave Wynn Resorts an outperform vote while only 67.38% of users gave Churchill Downs an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Churchill Downs	Outperform Votes 471 67.38%	Underperform Votes 228 32.62%
Wynn Resorts	Outperform Votes 1404 68.92%	Underperform Votes 633 31.08%

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of CHDN or WYNN?

82.6% of Churchill Downs shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.6% of Wynn Resorts shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.3% of Churchill Downs shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Wynn Resorts shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk and volatility, CHDN or WYNN?

Churchill Downs has a beta of 0.94, suggesting that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Wynn Resorts has a beta of 1.37, suggesting that its stock price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to CHDN or WYNN?

In the previous week, Wynn Resorts had 6 more articles in the media than Churchill Downs. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Wynn Resorts and 7 mentions for Churchill Downs. Churchill Downs' average media sentiment score of 1.27 beat Wynn Resorts' score of 0.46 indicating that Churchill Downs is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Churchill Downs	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Wynn Resorts	5 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is CHDN or WYNN a better dividend stock?

Churchill Downs pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Wynn Resorts pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Churchill Downs pays out 7.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Wynn Resorts pays out 27.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Churchill Downs has raised its dividend for 14 consecutive years and Wynn Resorts has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years.

Summary

Churchill Downs beats Wynn Resorts on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.