LNW vs. CZR, BIRK, PSN, CACI, NCLH, PARA, PSO, SN, HAS, and ROKU
Should you be buying Light & Wonder stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Light & Wonder include Caesars Entertainment (CZR), Birkenstock (BIRK), Parsons (PSN), CACI International (CACI), Norwegian Cruise Line (NCLH), Paramount Global (PARA), Pearson (PSO), SharkNinja (SN), Hasbro (HAS), and Roku (ROKU).
Light & Wonder (NASDAQ:LNW) and Caesars Entertainment (NASDAQ:CZR) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking, risk, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
In the previous week, Caesars Entertainment had 22 more articles in the media than Light & Wonder. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Caesars Entertainment and 2 mentions for Light & Wonder. Light & Wonder's average media sentiment score of 1.79 beat Caesars Entertainment's score of 0.33 indicating that Light & Wonder is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Caesars Entertainment has higher revenue and earnings than Light & Wonder. 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.
Caesars Entertainment received 404 more outperform votes than Light & Wonder when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.20% of users gave Caesars Entertainment an outperform vote while only 23.40% of users gave Light & Wonder an outperform vote.
88.1% of Light & Wonder shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.8% of Caesars Entertainment shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.0% of Light & Wonder shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Caesars Entertainment shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Light & Wonder has a beta of 1.78, meaning that its stock price is 78% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Caesars Entertainment has a beta of 2.81, meaning that its stock price is 181% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Light & Wonder currently has a consensus target price of $96.75, suggesting a potential upside of 5.96%. Caesars Entertainment has a consensus target price of $57.36, suggesting a potential upside of 56.69%. Given Caesars Entertainment's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Caesars Entertainment is more favorable than Light & Wonder.
Caesars Entertainment has a net margin of 6.82% compared to Light & Wonder's net margin of 5.58%. Light & Wonder's return on equity of 23.68% beat Caesars Entertainment's return on equity.
Summary
Caesars Entertainment beats Light & Wonder on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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