MLCO vs. WH, CHH, BYD, RRR, PENN, TNL, CZR, PLYA, IHG, and H
Should you be buying Melco Resorts & Entertainment stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Melco Resorts & Entertainment include Wyndham Hotels & Resorts (WH), Choice Hotels International (CHH), Boyd Gaming (BYD), Red Rock Resorts (RRR), PENN Entertainment (PENN), Travel + Leisure (TNL), Caesars Entertainment (CZR), Playa Hotels & Resorts (PLYA), InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG), and Hyatt Hotels (H). These companies are all part of the "hotels & motels" industry.
Melco Resorts & Entertainment vs.
Melco Resorts & Entertainment (NASDAQ:MLCO) and Wyndham Hotels & Resorts (NYSE:WH) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, media sentiment, earnings, community ranking, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and valuation.
Melco Resorts & Entertainment presently has a consensus price target of $10.75, suggesting a potential downside of 15.55%. Wyndham Hotels & Resorts has a consensus price target of $88.50, suggesting a potential upside of 30.43%. Given Wyndham Hotels & Resorts' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Wyndham Hotels & Resorts is more favorable than Melco Resorts & Entertainment.
Melco Resorts & Entertainment received 226 more outperform votes than Wyndham Hotels & Resorts when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.73% of users gave Wyndham Hotels & Resorts an outperform vote while only 63.46% of users gave Melco Resorts & Entertainment an outperform vote.
Wyndham Hotels & Resorts has a net margin of 23.70% compared to Melco Resorts & Entertainment's net margin of -68.93%. Wyndham Hotels & Resorts' return on equity of 33.61% beat Melco Resorts & Entertainment's return on equity.
39.7% of Melco Resorts & Entertainment shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.1% of Wyndham Hotels & Resorts shares are owned by institutional investors. 57.1% of Melco Resorts & Entertainment shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of Wyndham Hotels & Resorts shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Wyndham Hotels & Resorts had 4 more articles in the media than Melco Resorts & Entertainment. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Wyndham Hotels & Resorts and 3 mentions for Melco Resorts & Entertainment. Wyndham Hotels & Resorts' average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat Melco Resorts & Entertainment's score of 0.85 indicating that Wyndham Hotels & Resorts is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Melco Resorts & Entertainment has a beta of 1.15, meaning that its share price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Wyndham Hotels & Resorts has a beta of 1.41, meaning that its share price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Wyndham Hotels & Resorts has higher revenue and earnings than Melco Resorts & Entertainment. Melco Resorts & Entertainment is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Wyndham Hotels & Resorts beats Melco Resorts & Entertainment on 15 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding MLCO and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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.
Melco Resorts & Entertainment Competitors List
