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MLCO vs. WYNN, MGM, WH, CZR, BYD, CHH, 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), Caesars Entertainment (CZR), Boyd Gaming (BYD), Choice Hotels International (CHH), 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.

Wynn Resorts (NASDAQ:WYNN) and Melco Resorts & Entertainment (NASDAQ:MLCO) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends and valuation.

Wynn Resorts currently has a consensus target price of $112.92, suggesting a potential upside of 20.42%. Melco Resorts & Entertainment has a consensus target price of $6.69, suggesting a potential upside of 8.28%. Given Wynn Resorts' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Wynn Resorts is more favorable than Melco Resorts & Entertainment.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Wynn Resorts
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
12 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.93
Melco Resorts & Entertainment
1 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Wynn Resorts$6.97B1.41$501.08M$3.6026.05
Melco Resorts & Entertainment$4.76B0.55-$326.92M$0.1444.14

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 10.6%. 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 increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years.

In the previous week, Wynn Resorts had 23 more articles in the media than Melco Resorts & Entertainment. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for Wynn Resorts and 4 mentions for Melco Resorts & Entertainment. Melco Resorts & Entertainment's average media sentiment score of 0.98 beat Wynn Resorts' score of 0.53 indicating that Melco Resorts & Entertainment is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Wynn Resorts
12 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
7 Neutral mention(s)
6 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Melco Resorts & Entertainment
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Wynn Resorts7.03% -71.17% 5.13%
Melco Resorts & Entertainment -2.04%-16.35%1.73%

Wynn Resorts has a beta of 1.33, suggesting that its share price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Melco Resorts & Entertainment has a beta of 0.71, suggesting that its share price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

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 62.30% of users gave Melco Resorts & Entertainment an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Wynn ResortsOutperform Votes
1404
68.92%
Underperform Votes
633
31.08%
Melco Resorts & EntertainmentOutperform Votes
575
62.30%
Underperform Votes
348
37.70%

Summary

Wynn Resorts beats Melco Resorts & Entertainment on 18 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.

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MLCO vs. The Competition

MetricMelco Resorts & EntertainmentHotels & motels IndustryDiscretionary SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$2.63B$8.99B$8.03B$8.48B
Dividend YieldN/A2.62%3.24%4.11%
P/E Ratio-28.0918.1115.3920.05
Price / Sales0.551.537.95117.05
Price / Cash5.0514.3816.3734.62
Price / Book-3.253.934.814.61
Net Income-$326.92M$349.85M$259.18M$248.19M
7 Day Performance-2.98%-1.49%0.11%2.97%
1 Month Performance27.95%15.51%11.91%16.58%
1 Year Performance-28.97%-0.42%-2.80%8.16%

Melco Resorts & Entertainment Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MLCO
Melco Resorts & Entertainment
2.4679 of 5 stars
$6.15
-0.5%
$6.69
+8.8%
-30.2%$2.61B$4.76B-27.9020,209Analyst Forecast
WYNN
Wynn Resorts
4.2444 of 5 stars
$95.16
+8.2%
$112.92
+18.7%
-4.0%$10.10B$6.97B22.6027,000Trending News
MGM
MGM Resorts International
4.9871 of 5 stars
$34.63
+6.3%
$48.94
+41.3%
-20.4%$9.43B$17.13B14.4346,000
WH
Wyndham Hotels & Resorts
4.8571 of 5 stars
$86.85
+3.1%
$108.48
+24.9%
+22.8%$6.69B$1.42B23.932,500Dividend Announcement
Insider Trade
CZR
Caesars Entertainment
4.2368 of 5 stars
$30.08
+7.3%
$43.77
+45.5%
-15.8%$6.26B$11.30B-18.0149,000Positive News
BYD
Boyd Gaming
4.7672 of 5 stars
$74.70
+3.9%
$95.07
+27.3%
+34.3%$6.08B$3.96B12.0115,800Positive News
CHH
Choice Hotels International
3.2068 of 5 stars
$126.27
+2.1%
$135.69
+7.5%
+10.0%$5.90B$1.58B20.271,500Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
Gap Up
RRR
Red Rock Resorts
4.1272 of 5 stars
$46.92
+5.7%
$52.83
+12.6%
-10.7%$4.98B$1.95B18.697,850Positive News
ATAT
Atour Lifestyle
3.4125 of 5 stars
$29.67
+4.3%
$36.17
+21.9%
+68.6%$4.08B$7.25B25.583,180News Coverage
Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
TNL
Travel + Leisure
4.9917 of 5 stars
$50.35
+5.5%
$59.20
+17.6%
+8.8%$3.34B$3.88B8.6216,800Positive News
PENN
PENN Entertainment
3.9297 of 5 stars
$15.97
+2.1%
$22.91
+43.4%
-6.6%$2.41B$6.64B-4.5021,900Analyst Forecast

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This page (NASDAQ:MLCO) was last updated on 5/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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