MGAM vs. LVS, MGM, WMS, CHDN, WYNN, CZR, BYD, IGT, PENN, and MCRI
Should you be buying Multimedia Games stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Multimedia Games include Las Vegas Sands (LVS), MGM Resorts International (MGM), Advanced Drainage Systems (WMS), Churchill Downs (CHDN), Wynn Resorts (WYNN), Caesars Entertainment (CZR), Boyd Gaming (BYD), International Game Technology (IGT), PENN Entertainment (PENN), and Monarch Casino & Resort (MCRI). These companies are all part of the "casinos & gaming" industry.
Las Vegas Sands (NYSE:LVS) and Multimedia Games (NASDAQ:MGAM) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, earnings and risk.
Las Vegas Sands has higher revenue and earnings than Multimedia Games. Multimedia Games is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Las Vegas Sands, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Las Vegas Sands has a net margin of 14.08% compared to Las Vegas Sands' net margin of 0.00%. Multimedia Games' return on equity of 43.61% beat Las Vegas Sands' return on equity.
Las Vegas Sands presently has a consensus price target of $58.00, indicating a potential upside of 48.03%. Given Multimedia Games' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Las Vegas Sands is more favorable than Multimedia Games.
Las Vegas Sands has a beta of 1.12, suggesting that its share price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Multimedia Games has a beta of 3.89, suggesting that its share price is 289% more volatile than the S&P 500.
39.2% of Las Vegas Sands shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 5.8% of Multimedia Games shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of Las Vegas Sands shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 5.9% of Multimedia Games shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Las Vegas Sands had 45 more articles in the media than Multimedia Games. MarketBeat recorded 49 mentions for Las Vegas Sands and 4 mentions for Multimedia Games. Multimedia Games' average media sentiment score of 0.04 beat Las Vegas Sands' score of 0.00 indicating that Las Vegas Sands is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Las Vegas Sands received 1157 more outperform votes than Multimedia Games when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.55% of users gave Las Vegas Sands an outperform vote while only 68.72% of users gave Multimedia Games an outperform vote.
Summary
Las Vegas Sands beats Multimedia Games on 15 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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