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LNW vs. CZR, SRAD, WIT, BIDU, HUBS, PINS, CHKP, GDDY, PTC, and ZM

Should you be buying Light & Wonder stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Light & Wonder include Caesars Entertainment (CZR), Sportradar Group (SRAD), Wipro (WIT), Baidu (BIDU), HubSpot (HUBS), Pinterest (PINS), Check Point Software Technologies (CHKP), GoDaddy (GDDY), PTC (PTC), and Zoom Communications (ZM).

Light & Wonder vs. Its Competitors

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

91.8% of Caesars Entertainment shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.1% of Light & Wonder shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.8% of Caesars Entertainment shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of Light & Wonder shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Light & Wonder has a net margin of 10.45% compared to Caesars Entertainment's net margin of -2.08%. Light & Wonder's return on equity of 68.41% beat Caesars Entertainment's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Caesars Entertainment-2.08% -2.60% -0.35%
Light & Wonder 10.45%68.41%9.01%

Caesars Entertainment currently has a consensus target price of $43.13, indicating a potential upside of 44.40%. Light & Wonder has a consensus target price of $108.36, indicating a potential upside of 8.95%. Given Caesars Entertainment's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Caesars Entertainment is more favorable than Light & Wonder.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Caesars Entertainment
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
12 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.88
Light & Wonder
1 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.79

In the previous week, Caesars Entertainment had 11 more articles in the media than Light & Wonder. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Caesars Entertainment and 3 mentions for Light & Wonder. Light & Wonder's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat Caesars Entertainment's score of 0.98 indicating that Light & Wonder is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Caesars Entertainment
9 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Light & Wonder
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Caesars Entertainment has a beta of 2.29, indicating that its stock price is 129% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Light & Wonder has a beta of 1.23, indicating that its stock price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Light & Wonder has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Caesars Entertainment. Caesars Entertainment is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Light & Wonder, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Caesars Entertainment$11.25B0.55-$278M-$1.09-27.40
Light & Wonder$3.19B2.63$336M$3.7526.52

Summary

Light & Wonder beats Caesars Entertainment on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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LNW vs. The Competition

MetricLight & WonderGAMING IndustryDiscretionary SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$8.26B$9.03B$8.28B$9.43B
Dividend YieldN/A2.12%3.12%3.99%
P/E Ratio26.5222.0221.5720.08
Price / Sales2.632.873.3294.45
Price / Cash10.2819.9616.6758.45
Price / Book13.8113.744.825.83
Net Income$336M$25.40M$214.79M$258.27M
7 Day Performance1.50%0.72%3.86%3.98%
1 Month Performance20.32%12.89%45.29%14.89%
1 Year Performance-6.05%16.69%17.21%19.29%

Light & Wonder Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
LNW
Light & Wonder
3.7186 of 5 stars
$99.46
+1.6%
$108.36
+9.0%
-5.5%$8.26B$3.19B26.526,800
CZR
Caesars Entertainment
3.9951 of 5 stars
$30.84
+2.7%
$43.20
+40.1%
-17.8%$6.41B$11.30B-28.2922,000Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
SRAD
Sportradar Group
2.7421 of 5 stars
$29.27
+2.5%
$28.33
-3.2%
+158.9%$32.57B$1.15B154.064,582Analyst Forecast
WIT
Wipro
3.1016 of 5 stars
$2.88
-1.2%
N/A-50.7%$30.07B$890.88B19.17233,346Earnings Report
BIDU
Baidu
4.6936 of 5 stars
$85.87
-1.2%
$107.82
+25.6%
+0.2%$29.66B$18.24B8.5235,900Gap Up
HUBS
HubSpot
4.8868 of 5 stars
$538.95
+2.8%
$764.93
+41.9%
+14.1%$28.42B$2.63B-1,197.668,246Analyst Forecast
PINS
Pinterest
4.5967 of 5 stars
$35.92
+1.4%
$40.52
+12.8%
-7.2%$24.36B$3.65B13.114,666Trending News
Analyst Upgrade
Insider Trade
Analyst Revision
CHKP
Check Point Software Technologies
4.2533 of 5 stars
$220.68
+2.4%
$233.04
+5.6%
+30.8%$24.27B$2.57B29.116,669Upcoming Earnings
GDDY
GoDaddy
4.9091 of 5 stars
$169.72
+1.1%
$214.86
+26.6%
+15.1%$24.18B$4.57B32.645,518Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
PTC
PTC
3.9748 of 5 stars
$191.08
-1.3%
$191.38
+0.2%
+13.7%$22.92B$2.35B52.497,501Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
ZM
Zoom Communications
4.8061 of 5 stars
$74.83
+1.9%
$87.00
+16.3%
+28.3%$22.64B$4.67B22.477,412

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This page (NASDAQ:LNW) was last updated on 7/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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