Eldorado Resorts (ERI) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ERI or WYNN?

Wynn Resorts received 1124 more outperform votes than Eldorado Resorts when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 71.07% of users gave Eldorado Resorts an outperform vote while only 68.92% of users gave Wynn Resorts an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Eldorado Resorts	Outperform Votes 280 71.07%	Underperform Votes 114 28.93%
Wynn Resorts	Outperform Votes 1404 68.92%	Underperform Votes 633 31.08%

Do analysts prefer ERI or WYNN?

Wynn Resorts has a consensus price target of $113.18, suggesting a potential upside of 34.45%. Given Wynn Resorts' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Wynn Resorts is more favorable than Eldorado Resorts.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Eldorado Resorts	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Wynn Resorts	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	12 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.86

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of ERI or WYNN?

83.6% of Eldorado Resorts shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.6% of Wynn Resorts shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.9% of Eldorado Resorts shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Wynn Resorts shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility and risk, ERI or WYNN?

Eldorado Resorts has a beta of 2.8, indicating that its stock price is 180% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Wynn Resorts has a beta of 1.37, indicating that its stock price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor ERI or WYNN?

In the previous week, Wynn Resorts had 10 more articles in the media than Eldorado Resorts. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Wynn Resorts and 0 mentions for Eldorado Resorts. Wynn Resorts' average media sentiment score of 0.63 beat Eldorado Resorts' score of 0.00 indicating that Wynn Resorts is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Eldorado Resorts	Neutral
Wynn Resorts	Positive

Which has better valuation and earnings, ERI or WYNN?

Wynn Resorts has higher revenue and earnings than Eldorado Resorts. Eldorado Resorts 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
Eldorado Resorts	$2.53B	1.00	$81M	$1.47	17.39
Wynn Resorts	$6.97B	1.26	$501.08M	$3.60	23.38

Is ERI or WYNN more profitable?

Wynn Resorts has a net margin of 7.03% compared to Eldorado Resorts' net margin of -5.62%. Eldorado Resorts' return on equity of 7.93% beat Wynn Resorts' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Eldorado Resorts	-5.62%	7.93%	1.43%
Wynn Resorts	7.03%	-71.17%	5.13%

Summary

Wynn Resorts beats Eldorado Resorts on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.