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Melco Resorts & Entertainment (MLCO) Competitors

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$9.57 +0.01 (+0.10%)
Closing price 09/23/2025 04:00 PM Eastern
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$9.66 +0.09 (+0.94%)
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MLCO vs. HTHT, BROS, ARMK, WING, CAVA, WH, RRR, ATAT, SHAK, and HGV

Should you be buying Melco Resorts & Entertainment stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Melco Resorts & Entertainment include H World Group (HTHT), Dutch Bros (BROS), Aramark (ARMK), Wingstop (WING), CAVA Group (CAVA), Wyndham Hotels & Resorts (WH), Red Rock Resorts (RRR), Atour Lifestyle (ATAT), Shake Shack (SHAK), and Hilton Grand Vacations (HGV). These companies are all part of the "restaurants, hotels, motels" industry.

Melco Resorts & Entertainment vs. Its Competitors

Melco Resorts & Entertainment (NASDAQ:MLCO) and H World Group (NASDAQ:HTHT) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, earnings, dividends and risk.

Melco Resorts & Entertainment has a beta of 0.77, indicating that its stock price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, H World Group has a beta of 0.35, indicating that its stock price is 65% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Melco Resorts & Entertainment currently has a consensus target price of $8.15, suggesting a potential downside of 14.84%. H World Group has a consensus target price of $40.80, suggesting a potential upside of 6.67%. Given H World Group's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe H World Group is more favorable than Melco Resorts & Entertainment.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Melco Resorts & Entertainment
1 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.75
H World Group
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

H World Group has a net margin of 15.54% compared to Melco Resorts & Entertainment's net margin of 1.15%. H World Group's return on equity of 28.97% beat Melco Resorts & Entertainment's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Melco Resorts & Entertainment1.15% -18.47% 2.24%
H World Group 15.54%28.97%5.47%

39.6% of Melco Resorts & Entertainment shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 46.4% of H World Group shares are held by institutional investors. 57.1% of Melco Resorts & Entertainment shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 49.4% of H World Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, H World Group had 5 more articles in the media than Melco Resorts & Entertainment. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for H World Group and 2 mentions for Melco Resorts & Entertainment. Melco Resorts & Entertainment's average media sentiment score of 0.74 beat H World Group's score of 0.53 indicating that Melco Resorts & Entertainment is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Melco Resorts & Entertainment
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
H World Group
1 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

H World Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Melco Resorts & Entertainment. H World Group 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Melco Resorts & Entertainment$4.64B0.87$43.54M$0.1373.62
H World Group$3.27B3.59$418M$1.6623.04

Summary

H World Group beats Melco Resorts & Entertainment on 9 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

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MLCO vs. The Competition

MetricMelco Resorts & EntertainmentGAMING IndustryDiscretionary SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$4.01B$9.30B$8.47B$10.51B
Dividend YieldN/A2.10%2.99%4.57%
P/E Ratio73.6220.2018.6826.61
Price / Sales0.8718.256.1291.51
Price / Cash6.2221.1617.0661.85
Price / Book-4.2714.615.036.45
Net Income$43.54M$12.37M$256.68M$271.57M
7 Day Performance0.84%7.86%0.59%2.61%
1 Month Performance4.25%7.09%4.41%7.28%
1 Year Performance46.33%16.88%51.09%29.60%

Melco Resorts & Entertainment Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MLCO
Melco Resorts & Entertainment
2.6308 of 5 stars
$9.57
+0.1%
$8.15
-14.8%
+59.5%$4.01B$4.64B73.6216,908
HTHT
H World Group
2.3191 of 5 stars
$36.83
-0.9%
$40.80
+10.8%
+29.1%$11.41B$3.27B22.1928,502Positive News
BROS
Dutch Bros
4.2949 of 5 stars
$62.17
-3.7%
$80.06
+28.8%
+60.0%$10.62B$1.28B132.2826,000
ARMK
Aramark
4.7304 of 5 stars
$37.80
-1.7%
$45.44
+20.2%
+2.8%$10.11B$17.40B28.00266,680
WING
Wingstop
4.1695 of 5 stars
$267.52
+0.6%
$380.52
+42.2%
-40.6%$7.43B$625.81M44.591,335
CAVA
CAVA Group
3.8552 of 5 stars
$62.52
-1.7%
$96.41
+54.2%
-49.2%$7.38B$963.71M52.548,100
WH
Wyndham Hotels & Resorts
4.4104 of 5 stars
$84.04
-2.1%
$106.98
+27.3%
+4.1%$6.55B$1.41B19.642,200Positive News
RRR
Red Rock Resorts
3.8688 of 5 stars
$61.08
-0.4%
$60.73
-0.6%
+15.6%$6.47B$1.99B20.789,300Positive News
ATAT
Atour Lifestyle
1.7528 of 5 stars
$39.75
+0.2%
$36.63
-7.9%
+77.1%$5.48B$992.96M28.805,488
SHAK
Shake Shack
4.1124 of 5 stars
$101.28
+0.5%
$133.05
+31.4%
-7.9%$4.30B$1.32B220.1812,826
HGV
Hilton Grand Vacations
3.8856 of 5 stars
$45.52
+0.7%
$53.29
+17.1%
+16.1%$4.03B$4.98B82.7621,800Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:MLCO) was last updated on 9/24/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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