MCRI vs. PLYA, FLL, RLH, CNTY, PK, IGT, PENN, LVS, MGM, and WMS
Should you be buying Monarch Casino & Resort stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Monarch Casino & Resort include Playa Hotels & Resorts (PLYA), Full House Resorts (FLL), Red Lion Hotels (RLH), Century Casinos (CNTY), Park Hotels & Resorts (PK), International Game Technology (IGT), PENN Entertainment (PENN), Las Vegas Sands (LVS), MGM Resorts International (MGM), and Advanced Drainage Systems (WMS).
Playa Hotels & Resorts (NASDAQ:PLYA) and Monarch Casino & Resort (NASDAQ:MCRI) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking, valuation, dividends and profitability.
Monarch Casino & Resort received 80 more outperform votes than Playa Hotels & Resorts when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.18% of users gave Monarch Casino & Resort an outperform vote while only 62.54% of users gave Playa Hotels & Resorts an outperform vote.
74.6% of Playa Hotels & Resorts shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 62.4% of Monarch Casino & Resort shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.7% of Playa Hotels & Resorts shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 24.9% of Monarch Casino & Resort shares are owned by company 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.
Monarch Casino & Resort has a net margin of 16.31% compared to Monarch Casino & Resort's net margin of 6.52%. Playa Hotels & Resorts' return on equity of 16.97% beat Monarch Casino & Resort's return on equity.
Monarch Casino & Resort has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Playa Hotels & Resorts. Playa Hotels & Resorts is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Monarch Casino & Resort, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Playa Hotels & Resorts has a beta of 1.6, meaning that its share price is 60% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Monarch Casino & Resort has a beta of 1.74, meaning that its share price is 74% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Monarch Casino & Resort had 12 more articles in the media than Playa Hotels & Resorts. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Monarch Casino & Resort and 4 mentions for Playa Hotels & Resorts. Playa Hotels & Resorts' average media sentiment score of 0.68 beat Monarch Casino & Resort's score of 0.38 indicating that Monarch Casino & Resort is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Playa Hotels & Resorts currently has a consensus target price of $13.33, indicating a potential upside of 57.98%. Monarch Casino & Resort has a consensus target price of $73.67, indicating a potential downside of 5.35%. Given Monarch Casino & Resort's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Playa Hotels & Resorts is more favorable than Monarch Casino & Resort.
Summary
Monarch Casino & Resort beats Playa Hotels & Resorts on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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