Churchill Downs (CHDN) Competitors

Las Vegas Sands (NYSE:LVS) and Churchill Downs (NASDAQ:CHDN) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, dividends, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, community ranking and earnings.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of LVS or CHDN?

39.2% of Las Vegas Sands shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.6% of Churchill Downs shares are held by institutional investors. 1.2% of Las Vegas Sands shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.3% of Churchill Downs shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in LVS or CHDN?

Las Vegas Sands received 832 more outperform votes than Churchill Downs when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.51% of users gave Las Vegas Sands an outperform vote while only 67.24% of users gave Churchill Downs an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Las Vegas Sands	Outperform Votes 1300 71.51%	Underperform Votes 518 28.49%
Churchill Downs	Outperform Votes 468 67.24%	Underperform Votes 228 32.76%

Is LVS or CHDN a better dividend stock?

Las Vegas Sands pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Churchill Downs pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Las Vegas Sands pays out 55.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Churchill Downs pays out 7.1% 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.

Does the media favor LVS or CHDN?

In the previous week, Las Vegas Sands had 15 more articles in the media than Churchill Downs. MarketBeat recorded 60 mentions for Las Vegas Sands and 45 mentions for Churchill Downs. Las Vegas Sands' average media sentiment score of 0.60 beat Churchill Downs' score of 0.27 indicating that Las Vegas Sands is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Las Vegas Sands	21 Very Positive mention(s)	9 Positive mention(s)	15 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Churchill Downs	11 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	14 Neutral mention(s)	10 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do analysts prefer LVS or CHDN?

Las Vegas Sands presently has a consensus target price of $56.75, indicating a potential upside of 55.52%. Churchill Downs has a consensus target price of $144.80, indicating a potential upside of 61.14%. Given Churchill Downs' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Churchill Downs is more favorable than Las Vegas Sands.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Las Vegas Sands	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.86
Churchill Downs	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has more risk and volatility, LVS or CHDN?

Las Vegas Sands has a beta of 0.99, suggesting that its share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Churchill Downs has a beta of 0.86, suggesting that its share price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is LVS or CHDN more profitable?

Churchill Downs has a net margin of 15.61% compared to Las Vegas Sands' net margin of 12.80%. Las Vegas Sands' return on equity of 45.82% beat Churchill Downs' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Las Vegas Sands	12.80%	45.82%	8.00%
Churchill Downs	15.61%	43.67%	6.15%

Which has higher earnings & valuation, LVS or CHDN?

Las Vegas Sands has higher revenue and earnings than Churchill Downs. Churchill Downs is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Las Vegas Sands, 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
Las Vegas Sands	$11.20B	2.30	$1.45B	$1.80	20.27
Churchill Downs	$2.79B	2.33	$417.30M	$5.62	15.99

Summary

Las Vegas Sands beats Churchill Downs on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.