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PENN Entertainment (PENN) Competitors

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PENN vs. CZR, DKNG, RRR, WYNN, BYD, DIS, MGM, CHDN, MCRI, and LVS

Should you be buying PENN Entertainment stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of PENN Entertainment include Caesars Entertainment (CZR), DraftKings (DKNG), Red Rock Resorts (RRR), Wynn Resorts (WYNN), Boyd Gaming (BYD), Walt Disney (DIS), MGM Resorts International (MGM), Churchill Downs (CHDN), Monarch Casino & Resort (MCRI), and Las Vegas Sands (LVS). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.

PENN Entertainment vs. Its Competitors

PENN Entertainment (NASDAQ:PENN) and Caesars Entertainment (NASDAQ:CZR) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, media sentiment, dividends and risk.

PENN Entertainment has a beta of 1.6, meaning that its share price is 60% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Caesars Entertainment has a beta of 2.38, meaning that its share price is 138% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Caesars Entertainment had 13 more articles in the media than PENN Entertainment. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Caesars Entertainment and 2 mentions for PENN Entertainment. Caesars Entertainment's average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat PENN Entertainment's score of 0.19 indicating that Caesars Entertainment is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
PENN Entertainment
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Caesars Entertainment
7 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

PENN Entertainment presently has a consensus price target of $22.80, suggesting a potential upside of 32.44%. Caesars Entertainment has a consensus price target of $41.80, suggesting a potential upside of 84.83%. Given Caesars Entertainment's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Caesars Entertainment is more favorable than PENN Entertainment.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
PENN Entertainment
2 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
10 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.44
Caesars Entertainment
2 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
12 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67

Caesars Entertainment has higher revenue and earnings than PENN Entertainment. PENN Entertainment is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Caesars Entertainment, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
PENN Entertainment$6.75B0.37-$311.50M-$0.56-30.74
Caesars Entertainment$11.37B0.41-$278M-$0.92-24.58

PENN Entertainment has a net margin of -1.12% compared to Caesars Entertainment's net margin of -1.71%. PENN Entertainment's return on equity of -4.36% beat Caesars Entertainment's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
PENN Entertainment-1.12% -4.36% -0.85%
Caesars Entertainment -1.71%-4.55%-0.60%

91.7% of PENN Entertainment shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.8% of Caesars Entertainment shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.7% of PENN Entertainment shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Caesars Entertainment shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Caesars Entertainment beats PENN Entertainment on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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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.
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PENN vs. The Competition

MetricPENN EntertainmentGAMING IndustryDiscretionary SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$2.51B$9.07B$8.47B$10.63B
Dividend YieldN/A2.19%3.10%4.85%
P/E Ratio-30.7618.8118.3127.24
Price / Sales0.3719.056.59189.00
Price / Cash12.8518.6814.3430.35
Price / Book0.9214.094.956.67
Net Income-$311.50M$12.37M$255.94M$276.25M
7 Day Performance0.26%-0.72%1.07%0.10%
1 Month Performance-9.82%-4.76%-2.97%3.84%
1 Year Performance-6.44%2.99%35.47%33.07%

PENN Entertainment Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PENN
PENN Entertainment
4.1896 of 5 stars
$17.22
+1.1%
$22.80
+32.4%
-10.4%$2.51B$6.75B-30.7623,118
CZR
Caesars Entertainment
3.5208 of 5 stars
$22.03
+0.8%
$42.20
+91.6%
-50.9%$4.58B$11.25B-23.9522,000News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
Options Volume
DKNG
DraftKings
4.7109 of 5 stars
$33.58
+2.7%
$53.17
+58.3%
-12.6%$16.67B$5.41B-51.665,100Analyst Forecast
RRR
Red Rock Resorts
3.5209 of 5 stars
$55.86
+0.2%
$60.82
+8.9%
+13.7%$5.89B$1.99B19.009,300Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
WYNN
Wynn Resorts
3.6337 of 5 stars
$112.52
-6.1%
$127.71
+13.5%
+22.6%$11.70B$6.97B33.7928,000Analyst Revision
BYD
Boyd Gaming
4.3304 of 5 stars
$82.08
+0.7%
$87.83
+7.0%
+27.3%$6.58B$3.93B12.6316,129Upcoming Earnings
DIS
Walt Disney
4.848 of 5 stars
$110.32
+1.0%
$131.18
+18.9%
+15.1%$198.35B$94.54B17.29233,000Trending News
MGM
MGM Resorts International
4.6796 of 5 stars
$31.57
+0.9%
$48.61
+54.0%
-22.6%$8.59B$17.21B17.3563,000Analyst Forecast
CHDN
Churchill Downs
4.919 of 5 stars
$88.00
-2.2%
$136.50
+55.1%
-30.7%$6.17B$2.83B15.128,870Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
MCRI
Monarch Casino & Resort
3.6243 of 5 stars
$95.41
-1.4%
$93.20
-2.3%
+27.1%$1.74B$522.19M17.932,900
LVS
Las Vegas Sands
4.5646 of 5 stars
$46.40
-6.5%
$60.20
+29.7%
-3.5%$31.85B$11.62B23.4440,300Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Revision
High Trading Volume

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This page (NASDAQ:PENN) was last updated on 10/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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