MLCO vs. BROS, ARMK, HTHT, CAVA, WING, WH, RRR, ATAT, SHAK, and CHA
Should you be buying Melco Resorts & Entertainment stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Melco Resorts & Entertainment include Dutch Bros (BROS), Aramark (ARMK), H World Group (HTHT), CAVA Group (CAVA), Wingstop (WING), Wyndham Hotels & Resorts (WH), Red Rock Resorts (RRR), Atour Lifestyle (ATAT), Shake Shack (SHAK), and Chagee (CHA). These companies are all part of the "restaurants, hotels, motels" industry.
Melco Resorts & Entertainment vs. Its Competitors
Dutch Bros (NYSE:BROS) and Melco Resorts & Entertainment (NASDAQ:MLCO) are both restaurants, hotels, motels companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, valuation and analyst recommendations.
Melco Resorts & Entertainment has higher revenue and earnings than Dutch Bros. Melco Resorts & Entertainment is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Dutch Bros, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Dutch Bros had 36 more articles in the media than Melco Resorts & Entertainment. MarketBeat recorded 41 mentions for Dutch Bros and 5 mentions for Melco Resorts & Entertainment. Melco Resorts & Entertainment's average media sentiment score of 1.51 beat Dutch Bros' score of 0.70 indicating that Melco Resorts & Entertainment is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
85.5% of Dutch Bros shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 39.6% of Melco Resorts & Entertainment shares are owned by institutional investors. 42.4% of Dutch Bros 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 will outperform the market over the long term.
Dutch Bros has a net margin of 3.94% compared to Melco Resorts & Entertainment's net margin of 1.15%. Dutch Bros' return on equity of 8.86% beat Melco Resorts & Entertainment's return on equity.
Dutch Bros currently has a consensus price target of $77.82, suggesting a potential upside of 15.40%. Melco Resorts & Entertainment has a consensus price target of $8.15, suggesting a potential downside of 5.01%. Given Dutch Bros' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Dutch Bros is more favorable than Melco Resorts & Entertainment.
Dutch Bros has a beta of 2.63, indicating that its share price is 163% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Melco Resorts & Entertainment has a beta of 0.83, indicating that its share price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Dutch Bros beats Melco Resorts & Entertainment on 13 of the 17 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 8/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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