MLCO vs. TNL, PENN, ATAT, WYND, MCRI, PLYA, WH, CHH, RRR, and BYD
Should you be buying Melco Resorts & Entertainment stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Melco Resorts & Entertainment include Travel + Leisure (TNL), PENN Entertainment (PENN), Atour Lifestyle (ATAT), Wyndham Destinations (WYND), Monarch Casino & Resort (MCRI), Playa Hotels & Resorts (PLYA), Wyndham Hotels & Resorts (WH), Choice Hotels International (CHH), Red Rock Resorts (RRR), and Boyd Gaming (BYD). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
Melco Resorts & Entertainment (NASDAQ:MLCO) and Travel + Leisure (NYSE:TNL) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, community ranking, institutional ownership and earnings.
Travel + Leisure has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Melco Resorts & Entertainment. Melco Resorts & Entertainment is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Travel + Leisure, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Melco Resorts & Entertainment has a beta of 1.12, indicating that its share price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Travel + Leisure has a beta of 1.61, indicating that its share price is 61% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Travel + Leisure had 5 more articles in the media than Melco Resorts & Entertainment. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Travel + Leisure and 6 mentions for Melco Resorts & Entertainment. Melco Resorts & Entertainment's average media sentiment score of 0.90 beat Travel + Leisure's score of 0.28 indicating that Melco Resorts & Entertainment is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Melco Resorts & Entertainment presently has a consensus target price of $14.78, indicating a potential upside of 104.92%. Travel + Leisure has a consensus target price of $53.63, indicating a potential upside of 9.55%. Given Melco Resorts & Entertainment's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Melco Resorts & Entertainment is more favorable than Travel + Leisure.
Travel + Leisure has a net margin of 10.59% compared to Melco Resorts & Entertainment's net margin of -7.35%. Melco Resorts & Entertainment's return on equity of 0.00% beat Travel + Leisure's return on equity.
Melco Resorts & Entertainment received 544 more outperform votes than Travel + Leisure when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.25% of users gave Melco Resorts & Entertainment an outperform vote while only 39.22% of users gave Travel + Leisure an outperform vote.
39.6% of Melco Resorts & Entertainment shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.5% of Travel + Leisure shares are owned by institutional investors. 57.1% of Melco Resorts & Entertainment shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of Travel + Leisure shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Travel + Leisure beats Melco Resorts & Entertainment on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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