MLCO vs. WYNN, MGM, WH, BYD, CHH, CZR, RRR, ATAT, TNL, and PENN
Should you be buying Melco Resorts & Entertainment stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Melco Resorts & Entertainment include Wynn Resorts (WYNN), MGM Resorts International (MGM), Wyndham Hotels & Resorts (WH), Boyd Gaming (BYD), Choice Hotels International (CHH), Caesars Entertainment (CZR), Red Rock Resorts (RRR), Atour Lifestyle (ATAT), Travel + Leisure (TNL), and PENN Entertainment (PENN). These companies are all part of the "hotels & motels" industry.
Melco Resorts & Entertainment vs. Its Competitors
Wynn Resorts (NASDAQ:WYNN) and Melco Resorts & Entertainment (NASDAQ:MLCO) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, community ranking, media sentiment, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations and dividends.
Wynn Resorts received 829 more outperform votes than Melco Resorts & Entertainment when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.92% of users gave Wynn Resorts an outperform vote while only 62.23% of users gave Melco Resorts & Entertainment an outperform vote.
88.6% of Wynn Resorts shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 39.6% of Melco Resorts & Entertainment shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Wynn Resorts shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 57.1% of Melco Resorts & Entertainment shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Wynn Resorts presently has a consensus target price of $113.18, indicating a potential upside of 29.99%. Melco Resorts & Entertainment has a consensus target price of $6.73, indicating a potential upside of 6.58%. Given Wynn Resorts' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Wynn Resorts is more favorable than Melco Resorts & Entertainment.
Wynn Resorts has higher revenue and earnings than Melco Resorts & Entertainment. Wynn Resorts is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Melco Resorts & Entertainment, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Wynn Resorts pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Melco Resorts & Entertainment pays an annual dividend of $0.6520 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.3%. Wynn Resorts pays out 27.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Melco Resorts & Entertainment pays out 465.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Wynn Resorts has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years.
Wynn Resorts has a net margin of 7.03% compared to Melco Resorts & Entertainment's net margin of -2.04%. Melco Resorts & Entertainment's return on equity of -16.35% beat Wynn Resorts' return on equity.
Wynn Resorts has a beta of 1.37, indicating that its stock price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Melco Resorts & Entertainment has a beta of 0.79, indicating that its stock price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Wynn Resorts had 5 more articles in the media than Melco Resorts & Entertainment. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Wynn Resorts and 3 mentions for Melco Resorts & Entertainment. Melco Resorts & Entertainment's average media sentiment score of 0.86 beat Wynn Resorts' score of 0.45 indicating that Melco Resorts & Entertainment is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Wynn Resorts beats Melco Resorts & Entertainment on 17 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NASDAQ:MLCO) was last updated on 6/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
