MLCO vs. WYND, HTHT, WYNN, CZR, WH, CHH, RRR, BYD, TNL, and PK
Should you be buying Melco Resorts & Entertainment stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Melco Resorts & Entertainment include Wyndham Destinations (WYND), H World Group (HTHT), Wynn Resorts (WYNN), Caesars Entertainment (CZR), Wyndham Hotels & Resorts (WH), Choice Hotels International (CHH), Red Rock Resorts (RRR), Boyd Gaming (BYD), Travel + Leisure (TNL), and Park Hotels & Resorts (PK).
Wyndham Destinations (NYSE:WYND) and Melco Resorts & Entertainment (NASDAQ:MLCO) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, earnings and risk.
Melco Resorts & Entertainment received 433 more outperform votes than Wyndham Destinations when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.99% of users gave Wyndham Destinations an outperform vote while only 62.40% of users gave Melco Resorts & Entertainment an outperform vote.
Wyndham Destinations has a net margin of 0.13% compared to Wyndham Destinations' net margin of -4.34%. Wyndham Destinations' return on equity of -7.61% beat Melco Resorts & Entertainment's return on equity.
In the previous week, Wyndham Destinations had 3 more articles in the media than Melco Resorts & Entertainment. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Wyndham Destinations and 6 mentions for Melco Resorts & Entertainment. Wyndham Destinations' average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat Melco Resorts & Entertainment's score of 0.00 indicating that Melco Resorts & Entertainment is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Wyndham Destinations has a beta of 1.84, meaning that its share price is 84% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Melco Resorts & Entertainment has a beta of 1.04, meaning that its share price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500.
90.3% of Wyndham Destinations shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 39.6% of Melco Resorts & Entertainment shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.6% of Wyndham Destinations 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 large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Wyndham Destinations has higher revenue and earnings than Melco Resorts & Entertainment. Melco Resorts & Entertainment is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Wyndham Destinations, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Melco Resorts & Entertainment has a consensus target price of $10.02, suggesting a potential upside of 70.70%. Given Wyndham Destinations' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Melco Resorts & Entertainment is more favorable than Wyndham Destinations.
Summary
Wyndham Destinations beats Melco Resorts & Entertainment on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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