Caesars Entertainment (CZR) Competitors

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

Is WYNN or CZR more profitable?

Wynn Resorts has a net margin of 7.03% compared to Caesars Entertainment's net margin of -3.20%. Caesars Entertainment's return on equity of -4.44% beat Wynn Resorts' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Wynn Resorts	7.03%	-71.17%	5.13%
Caesars Entertainment	-3.20%	-4.44%	-0.61%

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in WYNN or CZR?

88.6% of Wynn Resorts shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.8% of Caesars Entertainment shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Wynn Resorts shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Caesars Entertainment shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts recommend WYNN or CZR?

Wynn Resorts currently has a consensus target price of $112.92, indicating a potential upside of 23.41%. Caesars Entertainment has a consensus target price of $43.77, indicating a potential upside of 56.54%. Given Caesars Entertainment's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Caesars Entertainment is more favorable than Wynn Resorts.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Wynn Resorts	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	12 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.93
Caesars Entertainment	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.92

Does the media prefer WYNN or CZR?

In the previous week, Wynn Resorts had 11 more articles in the media than Caesars Entertainment. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for Wynn Resorts and 15 mentions for Caesars Entertainment. Caesars Entertainment's average media sentiment score of 1.32 beat Wynn Resorts' score of 0.47 indicating that Caesars Entertainment is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Wynn Resorts	11 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	9 Neutral mention(s)	5 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Caesars Entertainment	11 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, WYNN or CZR?

Caesars Entertainment has higher revenue and earnings than Wynn Resorts. Caesars Entertainment 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
Wynn Resorts	$6.97B	1.37	$501.08M	$3.60	25.42
Caesars Entertainment	$11.30B	0.51	$786M	-$1.09	-25.65

Which has more risk and volatility, WYNN or CZR?

Wynn Resorts has a beta of 1.33, meaning that its stock price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Caesars Entertainment has a beta of 2.51, meaning that its stock price is 151% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor WYNN or CZR?

Wynn Resorts received 948 more outperform votes than Caesars Entertainment when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.92% of users gave Wynn Resorts an outperform vote while only 60.56% of users gave Caesars Entertainment an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Wynn Resorts	Outperform Votes 1404 68.92%	Underperform Votes 633 31.08%
Caesars Entertainment	Outperform Votes 456 60.56%	Underperform Votes 297 39.44%

Summary

Wynn Resorts beats Caesars Entertainment on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.