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MLCO vs. ARMK, BROS, HTHT, CAVA, WING, WH, RRR, SHAK, ATAT, and CHA

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

Melco Resorts & Entertainment vs. Its Competitors

Aramark (NYSE:ARMK) and Melco Resorts & Entertainment (NASDAQ:MLCO) are both restaurants, hotels, motels companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, institutional ownership and profitability.

Aramark has a net margin of 1.97% compared to Melco Resorts & Entertainment's net margin of 1.28%. Aramark's return on equity of 15.07% beat Melco Resorts & Entertainment's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Aramark1.97% 15.07% 3.54%
Melco Resorts & Entertainment 1.28%-12.58%1.43%

In the previous week, Aramark had 6 more articles in the media than Melco Resorts & Entertainment. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Aramark and 8 mentions for Melco Resorts & Entertainment. Melco Resorts & Entertainment's average media sentiment score of 1.28 beat Aramark's score of 0.97 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
Aramark
7 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Melco Resorts & Entertainment
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Aramark currently has a consensus target price of $43.91, suggesting a potential upside of 1.31%. Melco Resorts & Entertainment has a consensus target price of $7.90, suggesting a potential downside of 10.33%. Given Aramark's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Aramark is more favorable than Melco Resorts & Entertainment.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Aramark
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
9 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.82
Melco Resorts & Entertainment
1 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

Aramark has a beta of 1.28, indicating that its share price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Melco Resorts & Entertainment has a beta of 0.82, indicating that its share price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Aramark has higher revenue and earnings than Melco Resorts & Entertainment. Aramark 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
Aramark$17.62B0.64$262.52M$1.3033.34
Melco Resorts & Entertainment$4.64B0.80$43.54M$0.1462.93

39.6% of Melco Resorts & Entertainment shares are held by institutional investors. 2.5% of Aramark shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 57.1% of Melco Resorts & Entertainment shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Aramark beats Melco Resorts & Entertainment on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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MLCO vs. The Competition

MetricMelco Resorts & EntertainmentGAMING IndustryDiscretionary SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$3.70B$9.04B$8.30B$9.49B
Dividend YieldN/A2.12%3.13%4.00%
P/E Ratio62.9321.7921.3619.96
Price / Sales0.802.853.2882.69
Price / Cash5.9519.9616.6758.45
Price / Book-3.9313.614.765.82
Net Income$43.54M$25.40M$215.28M$258.42M
7 Day Performance-1.23%-0.57%1.61%1.94%
1 Month Performance28.80%9.25%41.53%12.02%
1 Year Performance51.64%16.87%17.53%20.81%

Melco Resorts & Entertainment Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MLCO
Melco Resorts & Entertainment
2.5956 of 5 stars
$8.81
-1.2%
$7.90
-10.3%
+46.7%$3.70B$4.64B62.9316,908News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Revision
ARMK
Aramark
3.8707 of 5 stars
$43.15
-0.3%
$43.91
+1.8%
+31.3%$11.35B$17.40B33.19266,680News Coverage
Dividend Announcement
BROS
Dutch Bros
4.4093 of 5 stars
$62.62
-2.7%
$76.06
+21.5%
+61.1%$10.59B$1.28B160.5626,000Analyst Revision
HTHT
H World Group
3.4089 of 5 stars
$33.05
+0.2%
$40.80
+23.4%
+9.9%$10.12B$3.27B22.9528,502Positive News
CAVA
CAVA Group
4.0646 of 5 stars
$87.68
+0.4%
$115.06
+31.2%
+11.2%$10.10B$963.71M73.078,100Analyst Revision
Gap Down
WING
Wingstop
3.9493 of 5 stars
$322.57
-2.1%
$355.80
+10.3%
-17.1%$9.19B$625.81M54.031,335Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Revision
WH
Wyndham Hotels & Resorts
4.1442 of 5 stars
$85.73
-1.2%
$108.40
+26.4%
+16.7%$6.68B$1.41B20.322,200Trending News
Earnings Report
RRR
Red Rock Resorts
4.0892 of 5 stars
$54.49
-0.7%
$55.45
+1.8%
-10.0%$5.82B$1.94B20.879,300Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
SHAK
Shake Shack
3.3606 of 5 stars
$134.23
-0.5%
$126.86
-5.5%
+64.7%$5.75B$1.25B479.3812,826Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Revision
ATAT
Atour Lifestyle
2.7379 of 5 stars
$36.50
+1.6%
$36.63
+0.3%
+112.2%$4.97B$992.96M28.975,488
CHA
Chagee
N/A$24.36
-0.8%
$40.80
+67.5%
N/A$4.51B$1.70B0.004,800

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This page (NASDAQ:MLCO) was last updated on 7/24/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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