Melco Resorts & Entertainment (MLCO) Competitors

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

Do institutionals & insiders believe in YUMC or MLCO?

85.6% of Yum China shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 39.6% of Melco Resorts & Entertainment shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of Yum China shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 57.1% of Melco Resorts & Entertainment shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts rate YUMC or MLCO?

Yum China presently has a consensus price target of $60.00, indicating a potential upside of 34.73%. Melco Resorts & Entertainment has a consensus price target of $8.15, indicating a potential downside of 19.43%. Given Yum China's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Yum China is more favorable than Melco Resorts & Entertainment.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Yum China	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.67
Melco Resorts & Entertainment	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.57

Does the media refer more to YUMC or MLCO?

In the previous week, Yum China had 7 more articles in the media than Melco Resorts & Entertainment. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Yum China and 9 mentions for Melco Resorts & Entertainment. Yum China's average media sentiment score of 1.75 beat Melco Resorts & Entertainment's score of 1.62 indicating that Yum China is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Yum China	12 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Melco Resorts & Entertainment	8 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Which has more risk & volatility, YUMC or MLCO?

Yum China has a beta of 0.22, meaning that its stock price is 78% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Melco Resorts & Entertainment has a beta of 0.77, meaning that its stock price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has higher valuation & earnings, YUMC or MLCO?

Yum China has higher revenue and earnings than Melco Resorts & Entertainment. Yum China 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Yum China	$11.30B	1.45	$911M	$2.42	18.40
Melco Resorts & Entertainment	$4.64B	0.92	$43.54M	$0.13	77.81

Is YUMC or MLCO more profitable?

Yum China has a net margin of 8.04% compared to Melco Resorts & Entertainment's net margin of 1.15%. Yum China's return on equity of 14.13% beat Melco Resorts & Entertainment's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Yum China	8.04%	14.13%	8.19%
Melco Resorts & Entertainment	1.15%	-18.47%	2.24%

Summary

Yum China beats Melco Resorts & Entertainment on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.