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.
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.
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.
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.
Summary
H World Group beats Melco Resorts & Entertainment on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:MLCO) was last updated on 9/24/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff