PENN vs. MCRI, BYD, CZR, ATAT, TNL, MLCO, PLYA, RRR, WH, and CHH
Should you be buying PENN Entertainment stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of PENN Entertainment include Monarch Casino & Resort (MCRI), Boyd Gaming (BYD), Caesars Entertainment (CZR), Atour Lifestyle (ATAT), Travel + Leisure (TNL), Melco Resorts & Entertainment (MLCO), Playa Hotels & Resorts (PLYA), Red Rock Resorts (RRR), Wyndham Hotels & Resorts (WH), and Choice Hotels International (CHH). These companies are all part of the "hotels & motels" industry.
PENN Entertainment (NASDAQ:PENN) and Monarch Casino & Resort (NASDAQ:MCRI) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, valuation, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
91.7% of PENN Entertainment shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 62.4% of Monarch Casino & Resort shares are held by institutional investors. 1.8% of PENN Entertainment shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 24.9% of Monarch Casino & Resort shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, PENN Entertainment had 24 more articles in the media than Monarch Casino & Resort. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for PENN Entertainment and 2 mentions for Monarch Casino & Resort. PENN Entertainment's average media sentiment score of 0.82 beat Monarch Casino & Resort's score of -0.54 indicating that PENN Entertainment is being referred to more favorably in the media.
PENN Entertainment received 477 more outperform votes than Monarch Casino & Resort when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.42% of users gave PENN Entertainment an outperform vote while only 65.47% of users gave Monarch Casino & Resort an outperform vote.
PENN Entertainment presently has a consensus target price of $25.92, suggesting a potential upside of 63.97%. Monarch Casino & Resort has a consensus target price of $73.33, suggesting a potential upside of 7.43%. Given PENN Entertainment's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe PENN Entertainment is more favorable than Monarch Casino & Resort.
PENN Entertainment has a beta of 2.06, suggesting that its share price is 106% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Monarch Casino & Resort has a beta of 1.67, suggesting that its share price is 67% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Monarch Casino & Resort has lower revenue, but higher earnings than PENN Entertainment. PENN Entertainment is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Monarch Casino & Resort, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Monarch Casino & Resort has a net margin of 16.40% compared to PENN Entertainment's net margin of -17.77%. Monarch Casino & Resort's return on equity of 17.13% beat PENN Entertainment's return on equity.
Summary
PENN Entertainment beats Monarch Casino & Resort on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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