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