Eldorado Resorts (ERI) Competitors

Hyatt Hotels (NYSE:H) and Eldorado Resorts (NASDAQ:ERI) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation and risk.

Do analysts rate H or ERI?

Hyatt Hotels presently has a consensus target price of $151.17, indicating a potential upside of 22.90%. Given Hyatt Hotels' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Hyatt Hotels is more favorable than Eldorado Resorts.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Hyatt Hotels	1 Sell rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.47
Eldorado Resorts	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the media refer more to H or ERI?

In the previous week, Hyatt Hotels had 36 more articles in the media than Eldorado Resorts. MarketBeat recorded 36 mentions for Hyatt Hotels and 0 mentions for Eldorado Resorts. Hyatt Hotels' average media sentiment score of 0.91 beat Eldorado Resorts' score of 0.00 indicating that Hyatt Hotels is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Hyatt Hotels	Positive
Eldorado Resorts	Neutral

Which has higher earnings and valuation, H or ERI?

Hyatt Hotels has higher revenue and earnings than Eldorado Resorts. Hyatt Hotels is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Eldorado 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
Hyatt Hotels	$6.65B	1.78	$1.30B	$12.44	9.89
Eldorado Resorts	$2.53B	1.08	$81M	$1.47	18.91

Does the MarketBeat Community favor H or ERI?

Hyatt Hotels received 348 more outperform votes than Eldorado Resorts when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 71.07% of users gave Eldorado Resorts an outperform vote while only 56.83% of users gave Hyatt Hotels an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Hyatt Hotels	Outperform Votes 628 56.83%	Underperform Votes 477 43.17%
Eldorado Resorts	Outperform Votes 280 71.07%	Underperform Votes 114 28.93%

Which has more risk & volatility, H or ERI?

Hyatt Hotels has a beta of 1.35, meaning that its share price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Eldorado Resorts has a beta of 2.8, meaning that its share price is 180% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is H or ERI more profitable?

Hyatt Hotels has a net margin of 19.50% compared to Eldorado Resorts' net margin of -5.62%. Hyatt Hotels' return on equity of 9.81% beat Eldorado Resorts' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Hyatt Hotels	19.50%	9.81%	2.97%
Eldorado Resorts	-5.62%	7.93%	1.43%

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in H or ERI?

73.5% of Hyatt Hotels shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.6% of Eldorado Resorts shares are held by institutional investors. 23.7% of Hyatt Hotels shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of Eldorado Resorts shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Hyatt Hotels beats Eldorado Resorts on 16 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.